Meanings
verbnitrosylate (third-person singular simple present nitrosylates, present participle nitrosylating, simple past and past participle nitrosylated)
present singular third person nitrosylates · participle present nitrosylating · participle past nitrosylated · past nitrosylated
- biochemistryTo react a nitrosyl (NO) group with the sulfur-containing cysteines of a protein.
NO nitrosylates cysteine residues in the catalytic domain of COX enzymes leading to the formation of nitrosothiols; […]
1999, Daniela Salvemini, “Cyclooxygenase”, in Gabor M. Rubanyi, editor, Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications of Nitric Oxide, →ISBN, page 160
Origin
From nitrosyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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