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tyrosination

tyrosination noun: modification by reaction with tyrosine.

Noun

tyrosination (countable and uncountable, plural tyrosinations)

  1. modification by reaction with tyrosine
    • They include posttranslational modifications such as tyrosination, acetylation and glutamylation, as well as MT growth, pausing and shortening.2015 October 15, “A Cilia Independent Role of Ift88/Polaris during Cell Migration”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of tyrosination

pluraltyrosinations

Origin of tyrosination

From tyrosine + -ation.

Words formed from tyrosination

Questions about tyrosination

What does tyrosination mean?
Tyrosination means modification by reaction with tyrosine.
What part of speech is tyrosination?
Tyrosination is a noun.
What is the plural of tyrosination?
The plural of tyrosination is tyrosinations.

Words near tyrosination in the dictionary

  1. tyrosinase
  2. tyrosinases
  3. tyrosinate
  4. tyrosinated
  5. tyrosinates
  6. tyrosination
  7. tyrosinations
  8. tyrosine
  9. tyrosinemia
  10. tyrosinemias
  11. tyrosinemic

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