Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malonylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mal-ony-la-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The addition of a malonyl group, especially to a lysine residue of a protein

Etymology

From malonyl + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: malonyl

Inflected Forms

malonylations (plural)

Derived Forms

demalonylation

Questions

What does malonylation mean?: The addition of a malonyl group, especially to a lysine residue of a protein
Where does malonylation come from?: From malonyl + -ation.

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