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carboxamidomethylation

carboxamidomethylation is the alternative form of carbamidomethylation.

Meaning of carbamidomethylation

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 carboxamidomethylation

pluralcarboxamidomethylations

Questions about carboxamidomethylation

What is carboxamidomethylation the alternative form of?
Carboxamidomethylation is the alternative form of carbamidomethylation.

Words near carboxamidomethylation in the dictionary

  1. carboxamidines
  2. carboxamido
  3. carboxamidoadenosine
  4. carboxamidoadenosines
  5. carboxamidomethylated
  6. carboxamidomethylation
  7. carboxamidomethylations
  8. carboxamidopeptidase
  9. carboxanilide
  10. carboxanilides
  11. carboxemia

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