• In chemistry, acetylation is an organic esterification reaction with acetic acid. It introduces an acetyl group into a chemical compound. Such compounds...
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  • Protein acetylation (and deacetylation) are acetylation reactions that occur within living cells as drug metabolism, by enzymes in the liver and other...
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    Histone acetylation and deacetylation are the processes by which the lysine residues within the N-terminal tail protruding from the histone core of the...
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    turned on and off. In general, histone acetylation increases gene expression. In general, histone acetylation is linked to transcriptional activation...
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    post acetylation. With black tar, the product's processing stops immediately after acetylation. Its unique consistency however is due to acetylation without...
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    aspirin). The introduction of an acetyl group into a molecule is called acetylation. In biological organisms, acetyl groups are commonly transferred from...
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    contain toxic substances. It produced from a special chemical treatment (acetylation) involving acetic anhydride and a chemical modification process to make...
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    prepared by the acetylation of salicylic acid. It is also used as an active modification agent via autoclave impregnation and subsequent acetylation to make a...
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  • to the DNA packaging protein histone H3. It is a mark that indicates acetylation of the lysine residue at N-terminal position 27 of the histone H3 protein...
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    O-acylation (esters), N-acylation (amides), S-acylation (thioesters) acetylation, the addition of an acetyl group, either at the N-terminus of the protein...
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    acid and acetic acid formed by hydrolysis. Acetyl chloride is used for acetylation reactions, i.e., the introduction of an acetyl group. Acetyl is an acyl...
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  • N-terminal acetylation is a form of protein modification that can occur in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It has been suggested that N-terminal acetylation can...
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  • mechanisms such as DNA methylation and histone modifications (methylation, acetylation, and deacetylation) have been shown to play an important role in learning...
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    post-translationally modified. Covalently bonded modifications include acetylation and methylation of the N-terminal tails. These modifications may alter...
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    target amino acid residues for post-translational acetylation reactions of proteins. The acetylation of CoA is determined by the carbon sources. At high...
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    wrapped around histones, and DNA expression is regulated by acetylation and de-acetylation. HDAC's action is opposite to that of histone acetyltransferase...
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    the acetylation of lysine. Methylation can affect how other protein such as transcription factors interact with the nucleosomes. Lysine acetylation eliminates...
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  • the DNA packaging protein Histone H3. It is a mark that indicates the acetylation at the 9th lysine residue of the histone H3 protein. The H3K9 histone...
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  • compendium of protein lysine acetylation (CPLA) database contains the sites of experimentally identified lysine acetylation sites. Liu, Zexian; Cao Jun;...
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    The acetylation of wood was first done in Germany in 1928 by Fuchs. In 1946, Tarkow, Stamm and Erickson first described the use of wood acetylation to...
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    modifications include acetylation, methylation, ubiquitylation, phosphorylation, sumoylation, ribosylation and citrullination. Acetylation is the most highly...
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  • non-homologous end joining. Acetylation—by HAT (histone acetyl transferase); deacetylation—by HDAC (histone deacetylase): Acetylation tends to define the 'openness'...
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    Histone-based regulation of DNA transcription is also modified by acetylation. Acetylation is the reversible covalent addition of an acetyl group onto a lysine...
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  • Possible modifications include acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and sumoylation. Acetylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitination...
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  • study tested the role of acetylation of histone 4 on lysine 16 on chromatin structure and found that homogeneous acetylation inhibited 30 nm chromatin...
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  • potassium hydroxide (KOH) required to neutralize the acetic acid taken up on acetylation of one gram of a chemical substance that contains free hydroxyl groups...
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    steps by hydrogenation to hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHCP) followed by acetylation of the OH group. It has been found as a component of grey-market cannabis...
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  • the DNA packaging protein Histone H4. It is a mark that indicates the acetylation at the 16th lysine residue of the histone H4 protein. H4K16ac is unusual...
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    semi-synthetic derivative of tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP) derived by acetylation of the OH group. It has been found as a component of grey-market cannabis...
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    on the side chain, however. acetylation Acetylation of the lysine amino groups is chemically analogous to the acetylation of the N-terminus. Functionally...
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