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mismethylated

mismethylated is the simple past and past participle of mismethylate.

Meaning of mismethylate

Verb

mismethylate (third-person singular simple present mismethylates, present participle mismethylating, simple past and past participle mismethylated)

  1. To methylate incorrectly.
    • We did find that one of tbe Salmonella genes, cbiF, was capable of 'mismethylating' precorrin-3 at the 1 l-position, ie out of the natural order, to yield a tetramethyl pyrrocorphin1994, A. Ian Scott, “The discovery of nature's pathway to vitamin B12. A 25 year Odyssey”, in Tetrahedron, volume 50, number 47

Questions about mismethylated

What is mismethylated the simple past and past participle of?
Mismethylated is the simple past and past participle of mismethylate.

Words near mismethylated in the dictionary

  1. mismeter
  2. mismetered
  3. mismetering
  4. mismeters
  5. mismethylate
  6. mismethylated
  7. mismethylates
  8. mismethylating
  9. mismethylation
  10. mismetre
  11. mismetred

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