ACTIVATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does activating mean? 

• ACTIVATING (noun)
  The noun ACTIVATING has 1 sense:

1. the activity of causing to have energy and be active

  Familiarity information: ACTIVATING used as a noun is very rare.

• ACTIVATING (adjective)
  The adjective ACTIVATING has 1 sense:

1. causing motion or action or change

  Familiarity information: ACTIVATING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTIVATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The activity of causing to have energy and be active

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

activating; activation; energizing

Hypernyms ("activating" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "activating"):

electrification (the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group)

animation; invigoration; vivification (the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something)

• ACTIVATING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing motion or action or change

Synonyms:

activating; actuating

Similar:

causative (producing an effect)

 Context examples 

Molindone hydrochloride exerts its effect by blocking dopamine receptors, probably D2 and D3, in the reticular activating and limbic systems, thereby decreasing dopamine excess in the brain.

(Molindone Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes CDK-activating kinase assembly factor MAT1 protein, plays a role in the regulation of the cell cycle.

(MNAT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Like other GTPases, the inherent GTPase activity of Ran is regulated by GTPase activating proteins (GAPs) and by exchange factors.

(Mitotic Spindle Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

DNA oligonucleotides in the mycobacterial cell wall-DNA complex (MCC) are capable of inducing apoptosis by increasing BAX protein levels, releasing cytochrome C from mitochondria, and activating caspase-3 and -7.

(Mycobacterial Cell Wall-DNA Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

A small molecule inhibitor of Nedd8 activating enzyme (NAE) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(NAE Inhibitor MLN4924, NCI Thesaurus)

Activating receptors bind ligands on the target cell surface and trigger NK cell activation and target cell lysis.

(Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This allele, which encodes NEDD8-activating enzyme E1 regulatory subunit protein, is involved in the regulation of both post-translational protein modification and cell cycle progression.

(NAE1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

As autophagy progresses, LC3-I proteins interact with both ubiquitin-like modifier-activating enzyme ATG7 and ubiquitin-like-conjugating enzyme ATG3.

(Microtubule-Associated Proteins 1A/1B Light Chain 3-II, NCI Thesaurus)

A topical lotion containing the small organic molecule protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) inhibitor menadione (vitamin K3) with potential EGFR- and ErbB2/HER2-activating activities.

(Menadione Topical Lotion, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes Rho GTPase-activating protein 26, is involved in the modulation of signaling by both transforming protein RhoA and cell division control protein 42 homolog.

(ARHGAP26 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)