phosphocarrier

English

Etymology

From phospho- +‎ carrier.

Noun

phosphocarrier (plural phosphocarriers)

1. (biochemistry) A class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved in the phosphorylation of sugars
   • 2015 October 3, “The Small Molecule DAM Inhibitor, Pyrimidinedione, Disrupts Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Growth In Vitro”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Similarly, expressions of the ptsH gene, encoding the phosphocarrier protein HPr, and the SPD_0082 gene, encoding a sensor histidine kinase, were down-regulated 1.6- and 1.4-fold, respectively.