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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Phosphoamino Acids > Phosphotyrosine
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Cyclic > Amino Acids, Aromatic > Tyrosine > Phosphotyrosine

Preferred term

Phosphotyrosine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Tyrosine O phosphate
  • Tyrosine-O-phosphate

Note

  • an amino acid; /biosyn /drug eff /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • An amino acid that occurs in endogenous proteins. Tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation plays a role in cellular signal transduction and possibly in cell growth control and carcinogenesis.

History note

  • 96; was PHOSPHOTYROSINE (NM) 1980-95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019000

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