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citrullinating

citrullinating is the present participle and gerund of citrullinate.

Meaning of citrullinate

Verb

citrullinate (third-person singular simple present citrullinates, present participle citrullinating, simple past and past participle citrullinated)

  1. (transitive) To react with, or convert to, citrulline.
    • It has been shown that PPAD is able to citrullinate bacterial as well as host peptides such as fibrinogen and α-enolase.2015 August 29, Stefan Reichert et al., “Association of levels of antibodies against citrullinated cyclic peptides and citrullinated α-enolase in chronic and aggressive periodontitis as a risk factor...

Questions about citrullinating

What is citrullinating the present participle and gerund of?
Citrullinating is the present participle and gerund of citrullinate.

Words near citrullinating in the dictionary

  1. citrullinase
  2. citrullinases
  3. citrullinate
  4. citrullinated
  5. citrullinates
  6. citrullinating
  7. citrullination
  8. citrullinations
  9. citrulline
  10. citrullinemia
  11. citrullinemic

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