carboxyglutamic acid

noun

An amino acid found only in proteins following posttranslational carboxylation of glutamic acid residues

Meanings

nouncarboxyglutamic acid (plural carboxyglutamic acids)

plural carboxyglutamic acids

  1. biochemistryAn amino acid found only in proteins following posttranslational carboxylation of glutamic acid residues

Origin

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