Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deadenylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dead-eny-late
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove an adenylate group from a protein; especially to activate an enzyme by this means

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.

Inflected Forms

deadenylates (present, singular) deadenylating (participle, present) deadenylated (participle, past) deadenylated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

deadenylase

Questions

What does deadenylate mean?: To remove an adenylate group from a protein; especially to activate an enzyme by this means
Where does deadenylate come from?: 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.

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