phosphorylytic

English

Adjective

phosphorylytic (not comparable)

1. (biochemistry) Relating to phosphorylysis.
   • 1997, Christine Foyer, A Molecular Approach To Primary Metabolism In Higher Plants, →ISBN:

     In principal there are two metabolic routes for the degradation of transitory starch: an amylolytic and a phosphorylytic pathway.

   • 2012, Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, →ISBN:

     There seems to be no general way, as yet, by which one can predict whether a reaction will proceed by a phosphorylytic or a pyrophosphorylytic split.

   • 2013, F. M. Burnet, W. M. Stanley, General Virology: Biochemical, Biological, and Biophysical Properties, →ISBN:

     Of particular significance to our discussion has been the recent discovery of the phosphorylytic cleavage of the nucleotide phosphodiesters of RNA.