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ESTERIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: esterified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change (a compound) into an ester

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "esterify" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something
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Derivation:

ester (organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water)

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 Context examples: 

An adenine nucleotide comprised of three phosphate groups esterified to the sugar moiety, found in all living cells.

(Adenosine triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

The main components of biological membranes are phosphoglyceride lipids composed of a glycerol unit esterified to two fatty acids and a polar alcohol group.

(Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A nucleotide comprised of either a purine or pyrimidine nitrogenous base bound to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with three phosphate groups.

(Deoxyribonucleotide Triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemically heterogeneous group of lipid molecules found in food containing one glycerol molecule that is esterified with two fatty acids and either inositol, choline, serine or ethanolamine. (Shils, et al.).

(Dietary Phospholipid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A uracil nucleotide comprised of three phosphate groups esterified to the deoxyribose sugar moiety.

(Deoxyuridine Triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

Butyric acid is commonly found in esterified form in animal fats and plant oils.

(Butyric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Polycyclic compound isolated from croton oil in which two hydroxyl groups on neighboring carbon atoms are esterified to fatty acids.

(Phorbol Ester, NCI Thesaurus)

Enalapril maleate is de-esterified within the cells into its active form enalaprilat that inhibits ACE, thereby prevents the formation of angiotensin II, and blocks angiotensin II mediated activities, including vasoconstriction and stimulation of aldosterone synthesis and secretion, which regulates extracellular sodium concentration.

(Enalapril Maleate/Hydrochlorothiazide, NCI Thesaurus)

Reduction of the carbonyl on the dihydroxyacetone backbone leaves a hydroxy group to be esterified with another fatty acid side chain.

(Plasmalogen Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)