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dansylate

dansylate verb: to derivatize with a dansyl group by reacting with dansyl chloride, 5(dimethylamino)naphth‐1‐ylsulfonyl chloride. (The method is used to acylate free amino groups in protein end‐group.).

Verb

dansylate (third-person singular simple present dansylates, present participle dansylating, simple past and past participle dansylated)

  1. To derivatize with a dansyl group by reacting with dansyl chloride, 5(dimethylamino)naphth‐1‐ylsulfonyl chloride. (The method is used to acylate free amino groups in protein end‐group.)

Forms of dansylate

third-person singular presentdansylates
present participledansylating
past participledansylated
pastdansylated

Origin of dansylate

From dansyl + -ate.

Words formed from dansylate

Questions about dansylate

What does dansylate mean?
Dansylate means to derivatize with a dansyl group by reacting with dansyl chloride, 5(dimethylamino)naphth‐1‐ylsulfonyl chloride. (The method is used to acylate free amino groups in protein end‐group.).
What part of speech is dansylate?
Dansylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of dansylate?
The past tense of dansylate is dansylated.

Words near dansylate in the dictionary

  1. dansos
  2. dansyl
  3. dansyl amide
  4. dansylalanine
  5. dansylamide
  6. dansylate
  7. dansylated
  8. dansylates
  9. dansylating
  10. dansylation
  11. dansylations

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