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deribosylate

deribosylate verb: to remove a ribose or ribosyl group.

Verb

deribosylate (third-person singular simple present deribosylates, present participle deribosylating, simple past and past participle deribosylated)

  1. To remove a ribose or ribosyl group

Forms of deribosylate

third-person singular presentderibosylates
present participlederibosylating
past participlederibosylated
pastderibosylated

Origin of deribosylate

From de- + ribosylate.

Questions about deribosylate

What does deribosylate mean?
Deribosylate means to remove a ribose or ribosyl group.
What part of speech is deribosylate?
Deribosylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deribosylate?
The past tense of deribosylate is deribosylated.

Words near deribosylate in the dictionary

  1. derhotacization
  2. Deri
  3. derib
  4. deribbed
  5. deribbing
  6. deribosylate
  7. deribosylated
  8. deribosylates
  9. deribosylating
  10. deribosylation
  11. deribs

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