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Definition of "acetylate" [acetylate]

  • To bring an acetyl group into (an organic molecule). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "acetylate" in a sentence
  • "Vitamin B5, in the form of CoA, can be used to help acetylate proteins, thereby protecting them from chemical breakdown."
  • "The Histone Acetyl Transferases (HATs) that acetylate these two proteins, namely PCAF and p300, respectively, may therefore regulate SATB1-mediated transcription upon Wnt signalling."