adenylation

English

Etymology

adenylate +‎ -ion

Noun

adenylation (plural adenylations)

1. (biochemistry) Any reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.
   • 1970 January, David H. Smith, “Resistance Factor-Mediated Spectinomycin Resistance”, in Infection and Immunity, volume 1, number 1, page 120:

     The assay for adenylation of aminoglycoside drugs by cell extract (actually aminoglycoside-dependent conversion of radioactive label from ATP into a form retained by phosphocellulose paper) was a modification of the method of Yamada et al.

Derived terms

• deadenylation
• hyperadenylation
• monoadenylation
• oligoadenylation
• readenylation

 

Translations

process that forms an adenylate

• Italian: adenilazione f
• Portuguese: adenilação f
• Spanish: adenilación f