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hypusination

hypusination noun: reaction with hypusine.

Noun

hypusination (uncountable)

  1. Reaction with hypusine
    • Here, we suggest that such diverse post-translational modifications, including the β-lysylation/rhamnosylation of EF-P (and the hypusination of eIF5A) (Fig 8 ), are typical examples of “convergent evolution”.2016 February 4, “Neisseria meningitidis Translation Elongation Factor P and Its Active-Site Arginine Residue Are Essential for Cell Viability”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hypusination

From hypusine + -ation.

Questions about hypusination

What does hypusination mean?
Hypusination means reaction with hypusine.
What part of speech is hypusination?
Hypusination is a noun.

Words near hypusination in the dictionary

  1. hypurals
  2. hypusinate
  3. hypusinated
  4. hypusinates
  5. hypusinating
  6. hypusination
  7. hypusine
  8. hypæthral
  9. hypæthric
  10. hyraces
  11. hyraceum

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