octanoylation

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noun

reaction with octanoic acid (to form an octanoate)

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Meanings

nounoctanoylation (uncountable)
  1. uncountablereaction with octanoic acid (to form an octanoate)

    The ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT or MBOAT4), the gastric enzyme involved in ghrelin octanoylation, belongs to the family of membrane bound O-acyltransferases (MBOAT), a group of proteins involved in acetyltransferase and acyltransferase activity [23 ,24 ].

    2015 July 22, “Dietary Caprylic Acid (C8:0) Does Not Increase Plasma Acylated Ghrelin but Decreases Plasma Unacylated Ghrelin in the Rat”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From octanoyl + -ation.

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