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sumoylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
sumoy-la-tion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process whereby SUMO proteins attach themselves to other proteins within cells and modify their function.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of SUMOylation.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sumoylations (plural)

Derived Forms

polySUMOylation autosumoylation hyposumoylation monosumoylation

Questions

What does sumoylation mean?
The process whereby SUMO proteins attach themselves to other proteins within cells and modify their function.

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