A phosphorylation cascade amplifies a signal as one enzyme phosphorylates another, leading to a chain reaction that phosphorylates many proteins.
A phosphorylation cascade amplifies a signal by having one enzyme's phosphorylation lead to the phosphorylation of many other proteins.
| Text | A phosphorylation cascade is a signaling pathway where one enzyme phosphorylates another, causing an amplification of the reaction, leading to the phosphorylating of many more proteins. |
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