isoprenylation

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English

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Etymology

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isoprenyl +‎ -ation

Noun

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isoprenylation (countable and uncountable, plural isoprenylations)

  1. (biochemistry) The addition of a hydrophobic isoprenoid group to a protein to facilitate attachment to cell membranes.