adenylate
noun
ade·nyl·ate
| \ ə-ˈde-nə-lət
, -ˌlāt; ˌa-də-ˈni-lət, -ˌlāt\
, -ˌlāt; ˌa-də-ˈni-lət, -ˌlāt\
Definition of adenylate
: a salt of adenylic acid
The catalytic activity involves the specific recognition of three substrates: the amino acid and ATP for the formation of an intermediate adenylate, and the tRNA for the final step of aminoacylation in which the amino acid is attached to the ribose of the terminal adenine.— M. Ruff et al., Science, 21 June 1991
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