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adenylation

adenylation noun: any reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.

Noun

adenylation (plural adenylations)

  1. Any reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.
    • The assay for adenylation of aminoglycoside drugs by cell extract (actually aminoglycoside-dependent conversion of radioactive label from ATP into a form retained by phosphocellulose paper) was a modification of the method of Yamada et al.1970 January, David H. Smith, “Resistance Factor-Mediated Spectinomycin Resistance”, in Infection and Immunity, volume 1, number 1, page 120

Forms of adenylation

pluraladenylations

Origin of adenylation

From adenylate + -ion.

Words formed from adenylation

Questions about adenylation

What does adenylation mean?
Adenylation means any reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.
What part of speech is adenylation?
Adenylation is a noun.
What is the plural of adenylation?
The plural of adenylation is adenylations.

Words near adenylation in the dictionary

  1. adenylate
  2. adenylate cyclase
  3. adenylated
  4. adenylates
  5. adenylating
  6. adenylation
  7. adenylations
  8. adenylcyclase
  9. adenylic
  10. adenylic acid
  11. adenylosuccinase

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