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automethylation

automethylation noun: methylation of a protein catalysed by the protein itself.

Noun

automethylation (uncountable)

  1. methylation of a protein catalysed by the protein itself
    • The Metnase SET domain is not only responsible for dimethylation of H3K36 [3, 6 ] but also crucial for automethylation at K485 within the catalytic pocket [8 ].2015 October 6, “The SET Domain Is Essential for Metnase Functions in Replication Restart and the 5’ End of SS-Overhang Cleavage”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of automethylation

From auto- + methylation.

Questions about automethylation

What does automethylation mean?
Automethylation means methylation of a protein catalysed by the protein itself.
What part of speech is automethylation?
Automethylation is a noun.

Words near automethylation in the dictionary

  1. autometallography
  2. automethylate
  3. automethylated
  4. automethylates
  5. automethylating
  6. automethylation
  7. autometric
  8. autometries
  9. autometry
  10. automicrite
  11. automictic

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