reacetylation

English

Etymology

re- +‎ acetylation

Noun

reacetylation (plural reacetylations)

  1. acetylation following a previous deacetylation
    • 2015 October 10, “Promoter Methylation of the Retinoic Acid Receptor Beta2 (RARβ2) Is Associated with Increased Risk of Breast Cancer: A PRISMA Compliant Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140329:
      The RARβ2 promoter, containing several high-affinity RA-responsive elements (RAREs), is normally mediated by a dynamic histone deacetylase (HDAC) and histone acetyltransferase (HAT) balance in the presence of physiological levels of RA. However, increased level of histone deacetylation was observed during epithelial cell tumorigenesis and appropriate level of histone reacetylation at RARβ P2 can lead to reactivation of endogenous RARβ2 transcription [44 ].
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