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acetylate

[ uh-set-l-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

acetylated, acetylating.
  1. to introduce one or more acetyl groups into (a compound).


verb (used without object)

acetylated, acetylating.
  1. to become acetylated.

acetylate

/ əˈ²õÉ›³Ùɪˌ±ô±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. tr to introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
  2. intr (of a chemical compound) to gain or suffer substitution of an acetyl group
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Derived Forms

  • ²¹ËŒ³¦±ð³Ù²âˈ±ô²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹Â·³¦±ð³Ùy·±ô²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ²¹Â·³¦±ð³Ùy·±ô²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of acetylate1

First recorded in 1905–10; acetyl + -ate 1
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Example Sentences

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Huang and his colleagues believed there were promising opportunities in the understudied in-between space where there's a mixture of free and acetylated amines.

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Her team reported last year in Cell that many mRNA cytosine bases are acetylated.

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In June 2015 he and his colleagues showed that their acetylated trehalose could allow frozen rat cells to be revivified, just as they had hoped.

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Many of these drugs, though, are also used for recreational purposes—particularly diamorphine, an acetylated version of the principal poppy extract that was branded “Heroin†by its manufacturer, Bayer, in the late 19th century.

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Named JQ1 after Qi, the compound slips into a groove of BRD4, preventing it from binding to acetylated histones and activating genes.

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