carbamidomethylation

noun

A chemical modification where a carbamidomethyl group is added to cysteine residues in proteins, usually using iodoacetamide, to block reactive thiol groups and prevent disulfide bonds from reforming, especially during mass spectrometry sample preparation.

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Meanings

nouncarbamidomethylation (plural carbamidomethylations)

plural carbamidomethylations

  1. chemistryA chemical modification where a carbamidomethyl group is added to cysteine residues in proteins, usually using iodoacetamide, to block reactive thiol groups and prevent disulfide bonds from reforming, especially during mass spectrometry sample preparation.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
carboxyamidomethylation

Origin

From carbamidomethyl + -ation.

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