adenylation

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noun

Any reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.

OriginEnglish adenylate →
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Meanings

nounadenylation (plural adenylations)

plural adenylations

  1. biochemistryAny reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.

    The assay for adenylation of aminoglycoside drugs by cell extract (actually aminoglycoside-dependent conversion of radioactive label from ATP into a form retained by phosphocellulose paper) was a modification of the method of Yamada et al.

    1970 January, David H. Smith, “Resistance Factor-Mediated Spectinomycin Resistance”, in Infection and Immunity, volume 1, number 1, page 120

Origin

  1. Englishadenyl
  2. Englishadenylate
  3. Englishadenylation

From adenylate + -ion.

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Translations

Italian adenilazione
  • adenilazioneprocess that forms an adenylate
Portuguese adenilação
  • adenilaçãoprocess that forms an adenylate
Spanish adenilación
  • adenilaciónprocess that forms an adenylate
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APA

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Chicago

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