Adenylation
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From adenylate + -ion.
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