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ubiquitinate

ubiquitinate verb: to modify a protein by attaching ubiquitin molecules.

Verb

ubiquitinate (third-person singular simple present ubiquitinates, present participle ubiquitinating, simple past and past participle ubiquitinated)

  1. To modify a protein by attaching ubiquitin molecules.

Synonyms of ubiquitinate

Forms of ubiquitinate

third-person singular presentubiquitinates
present participleubiquitinating
past participleubiquitinated
pastubiquitinated

Origin of ubiquitinate

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

Words formed from ubiquitinate

Questions about ubiquitinate

What does ubiquitinate mean?
Ubiquitinate means to modify a protein by attaching ubiquitin molecules.
What part of speech is ubiquitinate?
Ubiquitinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of ubiquitinate?
The past tense of ubiquitinate is ubiquitinated.

Words near ubiquitinate in the dictionary

  1. ubiquitin ligase
  2. ubiquitin ligases
  3. ubiquitinable
  4. ubiquitinase
  5. ubiquitinases
  6. ubiquitinate
  7. ubiquitinated
  8. ubiquitinates
  9. ubiquitinating
  10. ubiquitination
  11. ubiquitinations

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