afucosylate

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verb

To remove a fucosyl group from.

Opposite
fucosylate
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Meanings

verbafucosylate (third-person singular simple present afucosylates, present participle afucosylating, simple past and past participle afucosylated)

present singular third person afucosylates · participle present afucosylating · participle past afucosylated · past afucosylated

  1. raretransitivebiochemistryTo remove a fucosyl group from.

    By afucosylating benralizumab, it does not only binds^([sic]) IL-5Rα with a higher affinity, which leads to a competitive inhibition of IL-5, but also induces active apoptosis by antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity [13,61,62].

    2015, Bauke Pauwels, Karin Jonstam, Claus Bachert, “Emerging biologics for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis”, in Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, volume 11, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, page 355

    Antonyms: fucosylate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo remove a fucosyl group from.

Opposite
fucosylate

Origin

From a- + fucosylate.

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APA

afucosylate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afucosylate

MLA

“afucosylate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afucosylate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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