nitrosylate
verbEtymology From nitrosyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences To react a nitrosyl (NO) group with the sulfur-containing cysteines of a protein.
- NO nitrosylates cysteine residues in the catalytic domain of COX enzymes leading to the formation of nitrosothiols; […]1999, Daniela Salvemini, “Cyclooxygenase”, in Gabor M. Rubanyi, editor, Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications of Nitric Oxide, →ISBN, page 160:
- Derived terms
- denitrosylate, nitrosylation, S-nitrosylate, transnitrosylate
- Related terms
- phosphorylate