mismethylate means to methylate incorrectly. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Etymology
From mis- + methylate.
verb
- To methylate incorrectly.“We did find that one of tbe Salmonella genes, cbiF, was capable of 'mismethylating' precorrin-3 at the 1 l-position, ie out of the natural order, to yield a tetramethyl pyrrocorphin”