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mismethylates

mismethylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 mismethylates

What is mismethylates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mismethylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mismethylate.

Words near mismethylates in the dictionary

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

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