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Meaning of octanoylation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

reaction with octanoic acid (to form an octanoate)

uncountable

Examples

“The ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT or MBOAT4), the gastric enzyme involved in ghrelin octanoylation, belongs to the family of membrane bound O-acyltransferases (MBOAT), a group of proteins involved in acetyltransferase and acyltransferase activity [23 ,24 ].”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

octanoylcarnitine octanoyltransferase Octans Octant octantimonide octanucleotide