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farnesylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
far-ne-sy-late
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To attach a farnesyl group to a protein.

Etymology

Etymology tree English farnesyl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English farnesylate From farnesyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

farnesylates (present, singular) farnesylating (participle, present) farnesylated (participle, past) farnesylated (past)

Derived Forms

farnesylation

Questions

What does farnesylate mean?
To attach a farnesyl group to a protein.
Where does farnesylate come from?
Etymology tree English farnesyl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English farnesylate From farnesyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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