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reprotonate

reprotonate verb: to protonate again (especially after deprotonation).

Verb

reprotonate (third-person singular simple present reprotonates, present participle reprotonating, simple past and past participle reprotonated)

  1. To protonate again (especially after deprotonation)
    • We did not reprotonate the system after substrate removal to ensure comparability between both systems.2015 October 24, “Dynamics Govern Specificity of a Protein-Protein Interface: Substrate Recognition by Thrombin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of reprotonate

third-person singular presentreprotonates
present participlereprotonating
past participlereprotonated
pastreprotonated

Origin of reprotonate

From re- + protonate.

Questions about reprotonate

What does reprotonate mean?
Reprotonate means to protonate again (especially after deprotonation).
What part of speech is reprotonate?
Reprotonate is a verb.
What is the past tense of reprotonate?
The past tense of reprotonate is reprotonated.

Words near reprotonate in the dictionary

  1. reprotected
  2. reprotecting
  3. reprotection
  4. reprotects
  5. reproterol
  6. reprotonate
  7. reprotonated
  8. reprotonates
  9. reprotonating
  10. reprotonation
  11. reprotonations

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