Meanings
verbsulfenylate (third-person singular simple present sulfenylates, present participle sulfenylating, simple past and past participle sulfenylated)
present singular third person sulfenylates · participle present sulfenylating · participle past sulfenylated · past sulfenylated
- intransitivetransitiveTo cause, or to undergo sulfenylation.
The hydrogen peroxide originating from Nox4 in turn sulfenylates the receptor tyrosine kinase as well as the PTP1B.
2018, Michael Breitenbach, Oxidative Stress and Oxygen Radicals, page 43
Origin
From sulfenyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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