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nitrosylating

nitrosylating is the present participle and gerund 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 nitrosylating

What is nitrosylating the present participle and gerund of?
Nitrosylating is the present participle and gerund of nitrosylate.

Words near nitrosylating in the dictionary

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

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