methylesterificationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From methyl ester +‎ -ification.

名詞

methylesterification (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) Esterification by means of a methanolic acid.

   Antonym: de-methylesterification

   • 2015 April, Sang-Jin Kim, Michael A. Held, Starla Zemelis, Curtis Wilkerson, Federica Brandizzi, “CGR2 and CGR3 have critical overlapping roles in pectin methylesterification and plant growth in Arabidopsis thaliana”, in The Plant Journal, volume 82, number 2, →DOI, page 208:

     Pectins undergo methylesterification, which affects their cellular roles. Pectin methyltransferases are believed to methylesterify pectins in the Golgi, but little is known about their identity.

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