Definition of myristate in English:
myristate
noun ˈmɪrɪsteɪtˈmʌɪrɪsteɪt
Chemistry A salt or ester of myristic acid.
Example sentencesExamples
- A molecule of chloesteryl myristate consists of mostly carbon and hydrogen atoms.
- The main substrates are myristate and palmitate, which are produced by a fatty acid synthetase.
- It involves the covalent attachment of myristate, a 14 carbon saturated fatty acid, to the N-terminal glycine residue of a number of mammalian, viral and fungal proteins.
- It is anchored to the membrane by an N-terminal myristate and a cluster of basic residues in its effector domain.
- Cells were incubated in the presence of phorbol ester myristate to induce macrophage differentiation.