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nitrosylates

nitrosylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about nitrosylates

What is nitrosylates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Nitrosylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nitrosylate.

Words near nitrosylates in the dictionary

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

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