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methylesterified

methylesterified is the simple past and past participle of methylesterify.

Meaning of methylesterify

Verb

methylesterify (third-person singular simple present methylesterifies, present participle methylesterifying, simple past and past participle methylesterified)

  1. (transitive) To subject to methylesterification.
    • Pectins undergo methylesterification, which affects their cellular roles. Pectin methyltransferases are believed to methylesterify pectins in the Golgi, but little is known about their identity.2015 April, Sang-Jin Kim, Michael A. Held, Starla Zemelis, Curtis Wilkerson, Federica Brandizzi, “CGR2 and CGR3 have critical overlapping roles in pectin methylesterification and plant growth in...
    Antonyms:
    de-methylesterify

Questions about methylesterified

What is methylesterified the simple past and past participle of?
Methylesterified is the simple past and past participle of methylesterify.

Words near methylesterified in the dictionary

  1. methylergonovine
  2. methylerythritol
  3. methylesterase
  4. methylesterases
  5. methylesterification
  6. methylesterified
  7. methylesterifies
  8. methylesterify
  9. methylesterifying
  10. methylestradiol
  11. methylestrenolone

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