acetyltransfer

English

Etymology

From acetyl +‎ transfer.

Noun

acetyltransfer (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The transfer of an acetyl group
   • 2015 August 15, Tara N Stuecker et al., “Phylogenetic and amino acid conservation analyses of bacterial l-aspartate-α-decarboxylase and of its zymogen-maturation protein reveal a putative interaction domain”, in BMC Research Notes‎^[1], volume 8, →DOI:

     If the conserved region of PanM were the PanD interaction domain, PanD would not be positioned for acetyltransfer, supporting previous studies classifying PanM as an acetyl-CoA sensor [ 11 ].