Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

automethylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-tomethy-la-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

methylation of a protein catalysed by the protein itself

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The Metnase SET domain is not only responsible for dimethylation of H3K36 [3, 6 ] but also crucial for automethylation at K485 within the catalytic pocket [8 ]."

Etymology

From auto- + methylation.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does automethylation mean?: methylation of a protein catalysed by the protein itself
Where does automethylation come from?: From auto- + methylation.

How to pronounce automethylation

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