Meanings
nounpolyglycine (plural polyglycines)
plural polyglycines
- biochemistryMultiple glycine residues linked together as part of a polypeptide
Glycine loops are characterized by polyglycine repeats punctuated intermittently (every 3–6 residues in the head domain) by aromatic residues [46 ].
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