gem-diolate

noun

Any salt of a gem-diol.

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Meanings

noungem-diolate (plural gem-diolates)

plural gem-diolates

  1. chemistryAny salt of a gem-diol.

    Following deprotonation of the water molecule by a conserved glutamate residue (Glu146), the resulting hydroxide ion attacks the carbonyl carbon to form a Zn²⁺-bound gem-diolate.

    2022 June 10, Oliveira, A.L., Viegas, M.F., da Silva, S.L. et al., “The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential”, in Nature Reviews Chemistry, volume 6, →DOI, page 453

Origin

From gem-diol + -ate.

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