nitrosylate

English

Etymology

From nitrosyl +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

nitrosylate (third-person singular simple present nitrosylates, present participle nitrosylating, simple past and past participle nitrosylated)

1. (biochemistry) To react a nitrosyl (NO) group with the sulfur-containing cysteines of a protein.
   • 1999, Daniela Salvemini, “Cyclooxygenase”, in Gabor M. Rubanyi, editor, Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications of Nitric Oxide‎^[1], →ISBN, page 160:

     NO nitrosylates cysteine residues in the catalytic domain of COX enzymes leading to the formation of nitrosothiols; […]

Derived terms

• nitrosylation
• S-nitrosylate
• transnitrosylate

Related terms

• phosphorylate