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palmitoylate

palmitoylate verb: to (cause to) undergo palmitoylation.

Verb

palmitoylate (third-person singular simple present palmitoylates, present participle palmitoylating, simple past and past participle palmitoylated)

  1. To (cause to) undergo palmitoylation

Forms of palmitoylate

third-person singular presentpalmitoylates
present participlepalmitoylating
past participlepalmitoylated
pastpalmitoylated

Origin of palmitoylate

From palmitoyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from palmitoylate

Questions about palmitoylate

What does palmitoylate mean?
Palmitoylate means to (cause to) undergo palmitoylation.
What part of speech is palmitoylate?
Palmitoylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of palmitoylate?
The past tense of palmitoylate is palmitoylated.

Words near palmitoylate in the dictionary

  1. palmitostearate
  2. palmitotransferase
  3. palmitotransferases
  4. palmitoyl
  5. palmitoylatable
  6. palmitoylate
  7. palmitoylated
  8. palmitoylates
  9. palmitoylating
  10. palmitoylation
  11. palmitoylations

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