phosphomimic

English

Etymology

From phospho- +‎ mimic.

Adjective

phosphomimic (not comparable)

1. (of a protein) Modified (by amino acid substitution) to mimic a phosphorylated protein
   • 2015 October 15, “Inhibition of Receptor Dimerization as a Novel Negative Feedback Mechanism of EGFR Signaling”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     To examine the possible role of PKD1 in the monomerization of EGFR, we used PKD1 S738/742E, a constitutively active phosphomimic mutant [40 ].

Noun

phosphomimic (plural phosphomimics)

1. Such a modified protein

Verb

phosphomimic (third-person singular simple present phosphomimics, present participle phosphomimicing, simple past and past participle phosphomimiced)

1. To mimic a phosphorylated protein

Related terms

• phosphomimicry