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Etymology

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sulfenyl +‎ -ate

Verb

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sulfenylate (third-person singular simple present sulfenylates, present participle sulfenylating, simple past and past participle sulfenylated)

  1. To cause, or to undergo sulfenylation.
    • 2018, Michael Breitenbach, Oxidative Stress and Oxygen Radicals, page 43:
      The hydrogen peroxide originating from Nox4 in turn sulfenylates the receptor tyrosine kinase as well as the PTP1B.