propionylation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The reaction of a substance with propionic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more propionyl groups into a substance
Example Sentences
- "While the majority of modifications detected in Arabidopsis H1s, including phosphorylation, acetylation, mono- and dimethylation, formylation, crotonylation and propionylation, have also been reported in H1s of other species, some others have not been previously identified in histones."
Etymology
From propionyl + -ation.