Methylate
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Methylate is a verb meaning To add, or treat with methyl alcohol (see methylated spirits).
Meaning
To add, or treat with methyl alcohol (see methylated spirits).
More Meanings
- (organic chemistry) To add a methyl group to a compound
- (biochemistry) To add a methyl group to a nucleic acid as part of the process of gene expression
- (chemistry) The anion -O-CH₃⁻ derived from methanol by loss of a proton; any salt containing this anion
Word Forms
- methylates
- methylating
- methylated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dimethylate, demethylate, trimethylate, monomethylate, methylenate, carboxymethylate.
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