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Phosphotyrosine MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Phosphotyrosine
Tree Number(s)
D12.125.072.050.875.750
D12.125.740.740
Unique ID
D019000
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019000
Annotation
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.
Entry Term(s)
Tyrosine-O-phosphate
Registry Numbers
21820-51-9
CAS Type 1 Name
L-tyrosine, dihydrogen phosphate (ester)
Previous Indexing
Tyrosine/analogs & derivatives (1980-1995)
Public MeSH Note
96; PHOSPHOTYROSINE was indexed under TYROSINE/analogs & derivatives 1980-95
Online Note
use PHOSPHOTYROSINE (NM) to search PHOSPHOTYROSINE 1980-95
History Note
96; was PHOSPHOTYROSINE (NM) 1980-95
Date Established
1996/01/01
Date of Entry
1995/06/05
Revision Date
2001/07/25
Phosphotyrosine Preferred
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