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citrullinations

citrullinations is the plural of citrullination.

Meaning of citrullination

Noun

citrullination (plural citrullinations)

  1. The posttranslational modification of the amino acid arginine in a protein into the amino acid citrulline.
    • Naturally occurring/substituted amino acids, flanking targeted arginine, influence its susceptibility to citrullination by peptidylarginine deiminases.2017, B. Amin, W. Voelter, “Human Deiminases”, in A. Douglas Kinghorn, Heinz Falk, Simon Gibbons, Jun'ichi Kobayashi, editors, Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, Volume 106...
    Synonyms:
    deimination

Questions about citrullinations

What is citrullinations the plural of?
Citrullinations is the plural of citrullination.

Words near citrullinations in the dictionary

  1. citrullinate
  2. citrullinated
  3. citrullinates
  4. citrullinating
  5. citrullination
  6. citrullinations
  7. citrulline
  8. citrullinemia
  9. citrullinemic
  10. citrullines
  11. citrullinome

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