octanoylation

Etymology

From octanoyl + -ation.

noun

  1. reaction with octanoic acid (to form an octanoate)“The ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT or MBOAT4), the gastric enzyme involved in ghrelin octanoylation, belongs to the family of membrane bound O-acyltransferases (MBOAT), a group of proteins involved in acetyltransferase and acyltransferase activity [23 ,24 ].”