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deacylation

deacylation noun: the removal of one or more acyl groups from a compound.

Noun

deacylation (plural deacylations)

  1. The removal of one or more acyl groups from a compound.
    • PC remodeling takes place through deacylation and reacylation processes that is defined as the Lands cycle [12 ].2015 December 19, “Molecular Characterization of Two Lysophospholipid:acyl-CoA Acyltransferases Belonging to the MBOAT Family in Nicotiana benthamiana”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of deacylation

pluraldeacylations

Origin of deacylation

From de- + acylation.

Questions about deacylation

What does deacylation mean?
Deacylation means the removal of one or more acyl groups from a compound.
What part of speech is deacylation?
Deacylation is a noun.
What is the plural of deacylation?
The plural of deacylation is deacylations.

Words near deacylation in the dictionary

  1. deacylases
  2. deacylate
  3. deacylated
  4. deacylates
  5. deacylating
  6. deacylation
  7. deacylations
  8. deacylative
  9. deacylbrownioside
  10. dead
  11. dead 'n' buried

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