adenylation, n. Biochem.
(əˌdɛnɪˈleɪʃən)
[f. adenyl n. + -ation.]
The covalent attachment of an adenylate moiety to a molecule.
| 1967 Biochem. & Biophysical Res. Communications XXVIII. 740 The interconversion of the two forms of glutamine synthetase is an ‘adenylation’ of glutamine synthetase by ATP. 1968 A. White et al. Princ. Biochem. (ed. 4) xxiii. 537 Adenylation provides a mechanism of regulation of glutamine synthetase. 1975 Bio Systems VII. 179/2 Adenylation, as a step of activation of pABA. 1989 Nature 13 Apr. 599/1 The mechanism of this reaction involves the adenylation of firefly luciferin. |