adenylylation, n. Biochem.
(əˌdɛnɪlaɪˈleɪʃən)
[f. adenylic a. + -yl + -ation.]
= *adenylation n.
| 1967 Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. LVIII. 648 The physiological significance of the adenylylation mechanism. 1969 Federation Proc. XXVIII. 467/2 (title) Enzymatic adenylylation of pyrophosphate by 3{p},5{p} cyclic AMP; reversal of the adenyl cyclase reaction. 1986 M. Kogut tr. Schlegel's Gen. Microbiol. xvi. 498 The modifications (so far discovered) can be adenylylation, phosphorylation, and acetylation of the enzyme protein. |
Hence (as back-formations) adeˈnylylated, adeˈnylylating ppl. adjs.
| 1967 Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. LVIII. 648 Intracellular concentrations of the adenylylated and unadenylylated forms of glutamine synthetase vary widely. 1988 L. Stryer Biochem. (ed. 3) xxiv. 590 The covalently attached AMP unit is removed from the adenylylated enzyme by phosphorolysis. |