peptidylarginine

noun

An arginine residue within a peptide

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Meanings

nounpeptidylarginine (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn arginine residue within a peptide

    Citrullination is catalysed by a family of calcium-dependent peptidylarginine deiminases (PAD).

    2015 August 29, Stefan Reichert et al., “Association of levels of antibodies against citrullinated cyclic peptides and citrullinated α-enolase in chronic and aggressive periodontitis as a risk factor of Rheumatoid arthritis: a case control study”, in Journal of Translational Medicine, volume 13, →DOI

Origin

From peptidyl + arginine.

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