1. to attach a carbohydrate (glycosyl) group to a protein or other molecule
Usage: technical; biochemistry

Examples

• Enzymes glycosylate proteins during post-translational modification.
• The virus uses host machinery to glycosylate its surface proteins.
• Researchers glycosylated the antibody to improve its therapeutic properties.
• Many secreted proteins are glycosylated in the endoplasmic reticulum.
• The pharmaceutical company developed a method to glycosylate the drug candidate for better bioavailability.