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histone deacetylase

histone deacetylase noun: any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups from lysine amino acids in proteins, especially the histone proteins of the nucleus.

Noun

histone deacetylase (plural histone deacetylases)

  1. Any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups from lysine amino acids in proteins, especially the histone proteins of the nucleus

Forms of histone deacetylase

pluralhistone deacetylases

Questions about histone deacetylase

What does histone deacetylase mean?
Histone deacetylase means any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups from lysine amino acids in proteins, especially the histone proteins of the nucleus.
What part of speech is histone deacetylase?
Histone deacetylase is a noun.
What is the plural of histone deacetylase?
The plural of histone deacetylase is histone deacetylases.

Words near histone deacetylase in the dictionary

  1. histomorphometrist
  2. histomorphometrists
  3. histomorphometry
  4. Histon
  5. histone
  6. histone deacetylase
  7. histone deacetylases
  8. histones
  9. histoneurology
  10. histonomy
  11. histoparaffin

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