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nitrosylated

nitrosylated is the simple past and past participle of nitrosylate.

Meaning of nitrosylate

Verb

nitrosylate (third-person singular simple present nitrosylates, present participle nitrosylating, simple past and past participle nitrosylated)

  1. To react a nitrosyl (NO) group with the sulfur-containing cysteines of a protein.
    • NO nitrosylates cysteine residues in the catalytic domain of COX enzymes leading to the formation of nitrosothiols; […]1999, Daniela Salvemini, “Cyclooxygenase”, in Gabor M. Rubanyi, editor, Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications of Nitric Oxide, →ISBN, page 160

Words formed from nitrosylated

Questions about nitrosylated

What is nitrosylated the simple past and past participle of?
Nitrosylated is the simple past and past participle of nitrosylate.

Words near nitrosylated in the dictionary

  1. nitrostyrenes
  2. nitrosubstituted
  3. nitrosyl
  4. nitrosyl chloride
  5. nitrosylate
  6. nitrosylated
  7. nitrosylates
  8. nitrosylating
  9. nitrosylation
  10. nitrosylations
  11. nitrosylative

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