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arginylation

arginylation noun: the addition of an arginyl group to a compound.

Noun

arginylation (uncountable)

  1. The addition of an arginyl group to a compound.
    • More precisely, this work scrutinizes the relevance of the tRNA nucleotides at position 20, 35 and 36 in the yeast arginylation reaction.2016 February 5, “The Enzymatic Paradox of Yeast Arginyl-tRNA Synthetase: Exclusive Arginine Transfer Controlled by a Flexible Mechanism of tRNA Recognition”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of arginylation

From arginyl + -ation.

Questions about arginylation

What does arginylation mean?
Arginylation means the addition of an arginyl group to a compound.
What part of speech is arginylation?
Arginylation is a noun.

Words near arginylation in the dictionary

  1. Arginusae
  2. arginyl
  3. arginyl aminopeptidase
  4. arginylaminopeptidase
  5. arginylated
  6. arginylation
  7. arginyls
  8. arginyltransferase
  9. arginyltransferases
  10. Argiope
  11. argiopine

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