ACETYLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acetylation mean? 

• ACETYLATION (noun)
  The noun ACETYLATION has 1 sense:

1. the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound

  Familiarity information: ACETYLATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACETYLATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

the acetylation of cyclooxygenase-2 by aspirin

Hypernyms ("acetylation" is a kind of...):

acylation (the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound)

Derivation:

acetylate (introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound))

acetylate (receive substitution of an acetyl group)

 Context examples 

This protein is involved in DNA damage response, histone acetylation and transcriptional activation.

(Histone Acetyltransferase KAT5, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in both histone acetylation and the regulation of transcription.

(Histone Acetyltransferase KAT6B, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in histone acetylation, DNA replication and transcriptional regulation.

(Histone Acetyltransferase KAT7, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both histone acetylation and transcriptional regulation.

(Histone Acetyltransferase KAT8, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both histone acetylation and transcriptional activation.

(Histone Acetyltransferase KAT2B, NCI Thesaurus)

Class of enzymes that catalyze the acetylation of specific lysine residues of histones, proteins that organize eukaryotic DNA into chromatin.

(Histone Acetylase, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes histone acetyltransferase type B catalytic subunit protein, plays a role in the acetylation of the soluble forms of histones H4 and H2A within the cytoplasm.

(HAT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

In particular, this agent enhances the histone acetylation of the tumor suppressor gene p53.

(HDAC inhibitor CG200745, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the regulation of histone acetylation.

(HDAC10 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Important in eukaryotic gene regulation, histone acetylation and deacetylation are catalyzed by histone deacetylase complexes that include SAP30, SAP18, histone deacetylases, histone-binding proteins and other proteins.

(mSin3, NCI Thesaurus)