Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palmitoylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: palmi-toy-la-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

modification by reaction with a palmitoyl group

noun

The reaction of a membrane protein with a fatty acid (especially palmitic acid) via the sulfur atom of a cysteine amino acid

Etymology

Etymology tree English palmitic acid Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English palmitoyl Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English palmitoylation From palmitoyl + -ation.

Inflected Forms

palmitoylations (plural)

Derived Forms

bipalmitoylation hyperpalmitoylation hypopalmitoylation

Questions

What does palmitoylation mean?: modification by reaction with a palmitoyl group
Where does palmitoylation come from?: Etymology tree English palmitic acid Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English palmitoyl Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English palmitoylation From palmitoyl + -ation.

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