photophosphorylase

photophosphorylase

[¦fōd·ō‚fä′sfȯr·ə‚lās]

(biochemistry)

An enzyme that is associated with the surface of a thylakoid membrane and is involved in the final stages of adenosine triphosphate production by photosynthetic phosphorylation.

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