carboxyglutamic acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

carboxyglutamic acid carboxyglutamic acids

Etymology

From carboxy + glutamic acid.

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