"methylesterify" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From methyl ester + -ify.",
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          "word": "de-methylesterify"
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          "ref": "2015 April, Sang-Jin Kim, Michael A. Held, Starla Zemelis, Curtis Wilkerson, Federica Brandizzi, “CGR2 and CGR3 have critical overlapping roles in pectin methylesterification and plant growth in Arabidopsis thaliana”, in The Plant Journal, volume 82, number 2, →DOI, page 208",
          "text": "Pectins undergo methylesterification, which affects their cellular roles. Pectin methyltransferases are believed to methylesterify pectins in the Golgi, but little is known about their identity.",
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        "To subject to methylesterification."
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        "(transitive, organic chemistry) To subject to methylesterification."
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        {
          "word": "methyl-esterify"
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  "word": "methylesterify"
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  "synonyms": [
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  "word": "methylesterify"
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