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octanoylation

octanoylation noun: reaction with octanoic acid (to form an octanoate).

Noun

octanoylation (uncountable)

  1. reaction with octanoic acid (to form an octanoate)
    • The ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT or MBOAT4), the gastric enzyme involved in ghrelin octanoylation, belongs to the family of membrane bound O-acyltransferases (MBOAT), a group of proteins involved in acetyltransferase and acyltransferase activity [23 ,24 ].2015 July 22, “Dietary Caprylic Acid (C8:0) Does Not Increase Plasma Acylated Ghrelin but Decreases Plasma Unacylated Ghrelin in the Rat”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of octanoylation

From octanoyl + -ation.

Questions about octanoylation

What does octanoylation mean?
Octanoylation means reaction with octanoic acid (to form an octanoate).
What part of speech is octanoylation?
Octanoylation is a noun.

Words near octanoylation in the dictionary

  1. octanose
  2. octanoses
  3. octanoyl
  4. octanoylate
  5. octanoylated
  6. octanoylation
  7. octanoylcarnitine
  8. octanoyls
  9. octanoyltransferase
  10. octanoyltransferases
  11. octans

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