to introduce one or more acyl groups into a compound
acylate in American English
(ˈæsəˌleit)
transitive verbWord forms: -ated, -ating
Chemistry
to introduce the acyl group into (a compound)
Derived forms
acylation
noun
Word origin
[acyl + -ate1]-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)
Examples of 'acylate' in a sentence
acylate
Molecules containing ring structures different from the β-lactam-ring like lactivicin are able to acylate the active serine residue.
André Luxen, Jean-Marie Frère, Eric Sauvage, Astrid Zervosen, Paulette Charlier 2012, 'Development of New Drugs for an Old Target — The Penicillin Binding Proteins', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/17/11/12478. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)