acetyl
IPA: ʌsitʌɫ
noun
- (organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.
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Examples of "acetyl" in Sentences
- But there is loss to remove acetyl.
- To the mining of acetylation events.
- It is an acetyl derivative of digoxin.
- It is an acetyl derivative of digitoxin.
- Deacetylation is the removal of the acetyl group.
- The rate of acetylation is genetically determined.
- It is an acetyl derivative of glycyrrhetinic acid.
- Only NAT2 fast acetylators can perform this acetylation.
- Gallacetophenone is the acetyl derivative of pyrogallol.
- The antidote is a remarkable compound called acetyl cysteine.
- In the final step, the cystine residue in the conjugate is acetylated.
- Other compounds with hydrophobic portions and a negative charge, such as acetyl tryptophan, were also effective.
- Based on their studies of salicum, researchers derived a synthetic drug called acetyl salicylic acid, better known today as aspirin.
- All cholesterol is made from the basic molecule called acetyl CoA, which comes from the metabolism of carbohydrate, metabolism of extra protein, and metabolism of fat.
- Histones physically control access to genes, and adding small functional groups such as acetyl or methyl units to them can selectively switch certain genes on and off.
- Removal of the "acetyl" chemical groups on PGC-1alpha activates this protein so that it can turn on certain genes that generate mitochondria and turn muscle into the type suited for endurance.
- He would obviously have to be sedated before we could do anything, and among the rush of new drugs were excellent tranquillisers such as acetyl promazine There was, however, the small matter of one of us grasping that leonine head while the other lifted a fold of skin and inserted the needle.