deadenylate

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English

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Etymology

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de- +‎ adenylate

Verb

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deadenylate (third-person singular simple present deadenylates, present participle deadenylating, simple past and past participle deadenylated)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) To remove an adenylate group from a protein; especially to activate an enzyme by this means
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