Definition of myristate in English:
 myristate
noun ˈmɪrɪsteɪtˈmʌɪrɪsteɪt
Chemistry A salt or ester of myristic acid.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  A molecule of chloesteryl myristate consists of mostly carbon and hydrogen atoms.
 -  The main substrates are myristate and palmitate, which are produced by a fatty acid synthetase.
 -  It involves the covalent attachment of myristate, a 14 carbon saturated fatty acid, to the N-terminal glycine residue of a number of mammalian, viral and fungal proteins.
 -  It is anchored to the membrane by an N-terminal myristate and a cluster of basic residues in its effector domain.
 -  Cells were incubated in the presence of phorbol ester myristate to induce macrophage differentiation.