adenylating, vbl. n. and ppl. a. Biochem.
(əˈdɛnɪleɪtɪŋ)
[Back-formation from *adenylation n.: see -ing2, -ing1.]
A. ppl. a. That causes the introduction of an adenyl moiety into a molecule.
| 1969 FEBS Lett. III. 263 (heading) Independent genetic regulation of glutamine synthetase and its inactivating (adenylating) enzyme in E. coli. 1988 Myrvik & Weiser Fund. Med. Bacteriol. & Mycol. (ed. 2) vi. 87 A variety of enzymes which inactivate aminoglycosides have been identified. These include acetylating, phosphorylating and adenylating enzymes. |
B. vbl. n. The action of adenylating something; adenylation.
| 1977 Biochem. XVI. 2570/2 Coupling between ligands..has been observed within the adenylating site of several aminoacyl-t RNA synthetases. |
Hence (as back-formations) aˈdenylate v. trans., to introduce an adenyl moiety into; aˈdenylated ppl. a.,
| 1972 New Scientist 14 Dec. 623/3 The maternal mRNA in the unfertilised egg is unadenylated or partially adenylated. 1976 Arch. Biochem. & Biophysics CLXXIII. 204/2 Some of the mRNA present in the zoospore was adenylated subsequent to germination. |