denitrosylation

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ nitrosylation.

Noun

denitrosylation (plural denitrosylations)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) The removal of a nitrosyl group (or the elements of nitric oxide) from a molecule
   • 2015 July 15, “Voluntary Exercise Can Ameliorate Insulin Resistance by Reducing iNOS-Mediated S-Nitrosylation of Akt in the Liver in Obese Rats”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The reverse process of S-nitrosylation is called denitrosylation, which can occur spontaneously in the presence of the reduced form of glutathione (GSH) [10 ].