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acylate

(ˈeɪsaɪˌleɪt)
vb (intr)
to introduce one or more acyl groups into a compound
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Ratings of subjective feelings of hunger, energy intake (EI), acylated ghrelin, leptin, insulin and glucose levels in response to rest and exercise were investigated using a randomized crossover design.
Several categories of autoinducers have been identified: acylated homoserinc lactones found in Gram-negative bacteria, autoinducing peptides found in Gram-positive bacteria, and autoinducer-2 compounds found in both Gram-negative and -positive bacteria or in mixed species biofilms.
Instead, the bacteria conserve their resources by making other chemicals, called acylated homoserine lactones, or AHLs, which cost much less energy to produce, Hmelo said.
Ghrelin takes two forms in the circulation as acylated and des-acylated ghrelin (30); however, only acylated ghrelin has a n-octanoyl group.
Rodriguez said that ghrelin can show itself in acylated or deacylated form, the difference being in the octanoic acid present in the composition of the former.
The solution is then reacted with acylated fatty acids from coconuts.
On reaction with a nucleophile the ring structure of the anhydride opens forming the acylated product.
In blood, desacyl-ghrelin is reported to circulate in much larger amounts than acylated ghrelin (7).
A receptor protein from the LuxR family of transcriptional regulators, upon binding an acylated homoserine lactone compound, interacts with the lux box, modulating the activity of the promoter.