Meanings
plural monoglutamates
- chemistryAny salt or ester of glutamic acid that has a single glutamate residue
Most upstream in the nicotianamine biosynthetic pathway, glutamate carboxypeptidase 2 (AMP1) releases folate monoglutamate from folate polyglutamate [49 ].
2015 November 5, “Deciphering Mineral Homeostasis in Barley Seed Transfer Cells at Transcriptional Level”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
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