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sulfenylate

sulfenylate verb: to cause, or to undergo sulfenylation.

Verb

sulfenylate (third-person singular simple present sulfenylates, present participle sulfenylating, simple past and past participle sulfenylated)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To cause, or to undergo sulfenylation.
    • The hydrogen peroxide originating from Nox4 in turn sulfenylates the receptor tyrosine kinase as well as the PTP1B.2018, Michael Breitenbach, Oxidative Stress and Oxygen Radicals, page 43

Forms of sulfenylate

third-person singular presentsulfenylates
present participlesulfenylating
past participlesulfenylated
pastsulfenylated

Origin of sulfenylate

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

Questions about sulfenylate

What does sulfenylate mean?
Sulfenylate means to cause, or to undergo sulfenylation.
What part of speech is sulfenylate?
Sulfenylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of sulfenylate?
The past tense of sulfenylate is sulfenylated.

Words near sulfenylate in the dictionary

  1. sulfenic acids
  2. sulfenium
  3. sulfeniums
  4. sulfentrazone
  5. sulfenyl
  6. sulfenylate
  7. sulfenylated
  8. sulfenylates
  9. sulfenylating
  10. sulfenylation
  11. sulfenylations

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