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carbamidomethylation

carbamidomethylation noun: a chemical modification where a carbamidomethyl group is added to cysteine residues in proteins, usually using iodoacetamide, to block reactive thiol groups and prevent disulfide bonds from reforming, especially during mass spectrometry sample preparation.

Noun

carbamidomethylation (plural carbamidomethylations)

  1. A chemical modification where a carbamidomethyl group is added to cysteine residues in proteins, usually using iodoacetamide, to block reactive thiol groups and prevent disulfide bonds from reforming, especially during mass spectrometry sample preparation.

Forms of carbamidomethylation

pluralcarbamidomethylations

Origin of carbamidomethylation

From carbamidomethyl + -ation.

Questions about carbamidomethylation

What does carbamidomethylation mean?
Carbamidomethylation means a chemical modification where a carbamidomethyl group is added to cysteine residues in proteins, usually using iodoacetamide, to block reactive thiol groups and prevent disulfide bonds from reforming, especially during mass spectrometry sample preparation.
What part of speech is carbamidomethylation?
Carbamidomethylation is a noun.
What is the plural of carbamidomethylation?
The plural of carbamidomethylation is carbamidomethylations.

Words near carbamidomethylation in the dictionary

  1. carbamidomethyl
  2. carbamidomethylate
  3. carbamidomethylated
  4. carbamidomethylates
  5. carbamidomethylating
  6. carbamidomethylation
  7. carbamidomethylations
  8. carbamidomethylcysteine
  9. carbamination
  10. carbamine
  11. carbamines

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