Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To bring an acetyl group into (an organic molecule).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To introduce the acetyl group into; especially, to prepare an acetyl derivative of an organic compound containing a hydroxyl- or amino-group.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb (Chem.) receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds.
- transitive verb (Chem.) introduce an acetyl group into a chemical compound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb chemistry To
react withacetic acid or one of its derivatives; to introduce one or moreacetyl groups into a substance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
- verb receive substitution of an acetyl group
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Examples
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Vitamin B5, in the form of CoA, can be used to help acetylate proteins, thereby protecting them from chemical breakdown.
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The Histone Acetyl Transferases (HATs) that acetylate these two proteins, namely PCAF and p300, respectively, may therefore regulate SATB1-mediated transcription upon Wnt signalling.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Dimple Notani et al. 2010
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