Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ribosylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: ri-bo-sy-la-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The attachment of a ribose or ribosyl group to a molecule, especially to a polypeptide or protein

Etymology

Etymology tree English ribose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English ribosyl 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 ribosylation From ribosyl + -ation.

Inflected Forms

ribosylations (plural)

Derived Forms

deribosylation transribosylation

Questions

What does ribosylation mean?: The attachment of a ribose or ribosyl group to a molecule, especially to a polypeptide or protein
Where does ribosylation come from?: Etymology tree English ribose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English ribosyl 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 ribosylation From ribosyl + -ation.

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