nitrosylate
English
Etymology
nitrosyl + -ate
Verb
nitrosylate (third-person singular simple present nitrosylates, present participle nitrosylating, simple past and past participle nitrosylated)
- (biochemistry) To react a nitrosyl (NO) group with the sulfur-containing cysteines of a protein
- 1999, Daniela Salvemini, “Cyclooxygenase”, in Gabor M. Rubanyi, editor, Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications of Nitric Oxide, →ISBN, page 160:
- NO nitrosylates cysteine residues in the catalytic domain of COX enzymes leading to the formation of nitrosothiols; […]
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Derived terms
- nitrosylation
- S-nitrosylate
- transnitrosylate
Related terms
- phosphorylate