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sumoylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sumoy-late
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To attach to (a protein) via SUMOylation.

Transitive verb

verb

Alternative form of SUMOylate.

Etymology

Etymology tree English SUMO Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English SUMOylate From SUMO + -yl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

SUMOylates (present, singular) SUMOylating (participle, present) SUMOylated (participle, past) SUMOylated (past)

Derived Forms

autosumoylate

Questions

What does sumoylate mean?
To attach to (a protein) via SUMOylation.
Where does sumoylate come from?
Etymology tree English SUMO Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English SUMOylate From SUMO + -yl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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