ACETYL GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acetyl group mean? 

• ACETYL GROUP (noun)
  The noun ACETYL GROUP has 1 sense:

1. the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)

  Familiarity information: ACETYL GROUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACETYL GROUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

acetyl; acetyl group; acetyl radical; ethanoyl group; ethanoyl radical

Hypernyms ("acetyl group" is a kind of...):

acyl; acyl group (any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group)

 Context examples 

An enzyme that removes a small molecule called an acetyl group from histones (proteins found in chromosomes).

(HDAC, NCI Dictionary)

Histone Deacetylation is the covalent post-translational enzymatic addition of an acetyl group(s) to a histone protein.

(Histone Deacetylation, NCI Thesaurus)

Deacetylation is the covalent chemical or post-translational biochemical addition of an acetyl group(s) to a peptide or protein.

(Deacetylation, NCI Thesaurus)

The two-carbon acetyl group in acetyl-CoA is transferred to the four-carbon compound of oxaloacetate to form the six-carbon compound of citrate.

(Citrate Cycle (TCA Cycle) Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Acetylation involves the covalent linkage of an acetyl group into an organic molecule.

(Acetylation, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemical reaction in which a small molecule called an acetyl group is added to other molecules.

(Acetylation, NCI Dictionary)