photophosphorylation

photophosphorylation
/foh'teuh fos'feuhr euh lay"sheuhn/, n. Biochem.
phosphorylation that utilizes light as a source of energy, as in the formation of ATP from ADP and phosphorus during photosynthesis.
[1955-60; PHOTO- + PHOSPHORYLATION]

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