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      acetylation
      Roots
      acetumacet- · Latin · vinegar, sour winehyle-yl · Greek · matter, stuff, wood-atus-at · Latin · verb-forming; treated with-io-ion · Latin · act, process, result
      Words related to acetylation
      acetylatevphosphorylationnacylationndephosphorylationnhistonenmethylationnphosphorylatedmethylatordimerizationncarboxylationnglycosylationnnonhistonemethylatedadjphosphorylatingphotophosphorylationnposttranslationalacetylnglycosylatingoligomerizationnhydroxylationndecarboxylationncarbonylationncarboxylnphosphorylproteolysisndephosphorylatedglycolyticadjhydroxylatevallostericallyadvadenyl

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      Where does acetylation come from?

      The word acetylation breaks down into 4 roots of Latin and Greek origin: acet, from Latin acetum (“vinegar, sour wine”); -yl, from Greek hyle (“matter, stuff, wood”); -at, from Latin -atus (“verb-forming; treated with”); and -ion, from Latin -io (“act, process, result”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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