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methylesterifying

methylesterifying is the present participle and gerund 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 methylesterifying

What is methylesterifying the present participle and gerund of?
Methylesterifying is the present participle and gerund of methylesterify.

Words near methylesterifying in the dictionary

  1. methylesterases
  2. methylesterification
  3. methylesterified
  4. methylesterifies
  5. methylesterify
  6. methylesterifying
  7. methylestradiol
  8. methylestrenolone
  9. methylethylketone
  10. methyleugenol
  11. methylfluorenyl

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