How to Use phosphorylation in a Sentence
phosphorylation
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Tau molecules can attach to phosphate groups (molecules made up of oxygen and phosphorus) through a process called phosphorylation.
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Robert Martone,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
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Further, the process of phosphorylation, or adding a phosphate group to a protein, is ubiquitous in biology and allows proteins to perform functions their individual building blocks cannot.
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Liam Longo,
The Conversation,
16 Sep. 2025
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In a separate research avenue, scientists have found that anesthesia in mice can induce tau phosphorylation through mechanisms at least partially related to hypothermia.
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Robert Martone,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
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In fact, pTau217 is a tau molecule that has undergone phosphorylation at a position that scientists call 217.
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Robert Martone,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
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Although this is the first time elevations of the Alzheimer’s disease marker pTau217 have been observed in newborns, extensive phosphorylation of tau has previously been reported in the developing brain.
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Robert Martone,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
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The researchers speculated that phosphorylation in this context may be protective, essentially limiting cellular activity during periods of metabolic stress.
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Robert Martone,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
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