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dephosphonylate

dephosphonylate verb: to remove a phosphonyl group from. Also the misspelling of dephosphorylate.

Verb

dephosphonylate (third-person singular simple present dephosphonylates, present participle dephosphonylating, simple past and past participle dephosphonylated)

  1. To remove a phosphonyl group from.

Also used as

dephosphonylate is also the misspelling of dephosphorylate.

Forms of dephosphonylate

third-person singular presentdephosphonylates
present participledephosphonylating
past participledephosphonylated
pastdephosphonylated

Origin of dephosphonylate

From de- + phosphonylate.

Questions about dephosphonylate

What does dephosphonylate mean?
Dephosphonylate means to remove a phosphonyl group from.
What part of speech is dephosphonylate?
Dephosphonylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of dephosphonylate?
The past tense of dephosphonylate is dephosphonylated.

Words near dephosphonylate in the dictionary

  1. dephosphins
  2. dephosphocoenzyme
  3. dephosphocoenzymes
  4. dephosphomimetic
  5. dephosphomimetics
  6. dephosphonylate
  7. dephosphonylation
  8. dephosphonylations
  9. dephosphorisation
  10. dephosphorization
  11. dephosphorize

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