verb
- adding a methyl group to a molecule or compound
Usage: chemistry; biochemistry
Examples
- The enzyme is methylating the DNA at specific sites.
- Scientists are studying how methylating agents affect gene expression.
- The methylating process occurs naturally in many biological systems.
- Researchers observed the protein methylating histone molecules.
- The chemical reaction involves methylating the substrate compound.
- Methylating DNA can silence certain genes without changing the sequence.