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depalmitoylates

depalmitoylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of depalmitoylate.

Meaning of depalmitoylate

Verb

depalmitoylate (third-person singular simple present depalmitoylates, present participle depalmitoylating, simple past and past participle depalmitoylated)

  1. (transitive) To carry out depalmitoylation upon.
    • The fact that PPT1, which is a depalmitoylating enzyme, is itself regulated by palmitoylation may suggest the existence of a positive feedback loop; when PPT1 is palmitoylated, its enzymatic activity will decrease, thus leading to a higher level of palmitoylated proteins.2016 January 6, “Reversible Cysteine Acylation Regulates the Activity of Human Palmitoyl-Protein Thioesterase 1 (PPT1)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about depalmitoylates

What is depalmitoylates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Depalmitoylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of depalmitoylate.

Words near depalmitoylates in the dictionary

  1. Depalmas
  2. depalmitoylase
  3. depalmitoylases
  4. depalmitoylate
  5. depalmitoylated
  6. depalmitoylates
  7. depalmitoylating
  8. depalmitoylation
  9. depalmitoylations
  10. depancreatization
  11. depanelization

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