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ubiquitinated

ubiquitinated is the simple past and past participle of ubiquitinate.

Meaning of ubiquitinate

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.

Adjective

ubiquitinated

  1. Modified or degraded by the attachment of ubiquitin molecules.

Origin of ubiquitinated

From ubiquitinate + -ed.

From ubiquitin + -ated.

Words formed from ubiquitinated

Questions about ubiquitinated

What does ubiquitinated mean?
Ubiquitinated means modified or degraded by the attachment of ubiquitin molecules.
What is ubiquitinated the simple past and past participle of?
Ubiquitinated is the simple past and past participle of ubiquitinate.
What part of speech is ubiquitinated?
Ubiquitinated is an adjective.

Words near ubiquitinated in the dictionary

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

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