deadenylate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-der.

English de-

English adenylate

English deadenylate

From de- + adenylate.

Verb

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

Related terms

• deadenylase