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acetyl group

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Noun1.acetyl group - the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)acetyl group - the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)
acyl, acyl group - any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"


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The formulation also contains an anti-soil redeposition component that prevents resoiling of hydrophilic fibers and hydrophobic fibers when coexisting with said inorganic salt, which is a water-soluble polymer substance of a nonionic system including at least one species selected from the group consisting of an acetyl group, methoxy group, hydroxypropyl group, and poly-oxy propylene group as the hydrophobic group, and including a hydroxyl group as the hydrophilic group.
Sir2 removes an acetyl group attached to a specific site (lysine at position 16 or K16) on histone H4-histones are proteins that package and organize the long strands of DNA within the nucleus and also are central regulators in turning genes on and off.
 
 
 
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