citrullinated

== English == === Etymology === From Latin citrullus (“watermelon”) + -ine +‎ -ate +‎ -ed. === Adjective === citrullinated (comparative more citrullinated, superlative most citrullinated) (biochemistry) Reacted with, or converted to, citrulline. 2019, Venkatesh V. Nemmara, Paul R. Thompson, Development of Activity-Based Proteomic Probes for Protein Citrullination, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ku-Lung Hsu, Eranthie Weerapana (editors), Activity-Based Protein Profiling, Springer, page 244, Given that aberrant citrullination is a hallmark of various autoimmune diseases and certain tumor types, it is important to develop protein detection methods to identify citrullinated proteins in complex biological systems. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === citrullinated simple past and past participle of citrullinate