thioesterified

T1H4I1O1E1S1T1E1R1I1F4I1E1D2

A form of thioesterify — (of an acid) to combine with a thiol or (of an alcohol) to combine with a thioacid, to form a thioester

Scrabble 21
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of thioesterify

    The C-terminal carbonyl group of a donor ubiquitin that is thioesterified with the E2 active site cysteine undergoes a nucleophilic attack by a primary amino group of an acceptor ubiquitin.

    2016 February 2, “Crystal Structure of a Ube2S-Ubiquitin Conjugate”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thioesterified,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thioesterified.

Source: thioesterified on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.