homocitric acid
Meanings
noun
- A tricarboxylic acid related to citric acid by the addition of one methylene group, and occurring naturally as a component of the iron-molybdenum cofactor of certain nitrogenase proteins.
Word forms
Etymology
From homo- + citric acid.
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