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nouncarbamination (uncountable)
- uncountablebiochemistryThe chemical process by which a carbamoyl group (–CONH₂) is introduced into another molecule, especially through reaction of isocyanic acid or cyanate with amino groups.
Carbamination is of particular importance for the carbon dioxide transportatioin by blood.
1945, Eugene Rabinowitch, Photosynthesis and Related Processes, Volume I: Chemistry of photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, and related processes in vitro and in vivo, Interscience Publishers, Incorporated, page 1821 more example
On return to the lungs, blood is exposed to low pCO₂ and by low of mass action the carbamination reaction is reversed and T to R conversion occurs, therefore binding of oxygen is again favored.
2006, Dinesh Puri, Textbook of Medical Biochemistry, second edition, Elsevier, page 448
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