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gem-diolate

gem-diolate noun: any salt of a gem-diol.

Noun

gem-diolate (plural gem-diolates)

  1. Any salt of a gem-diol.
    • Following deprotonation of the water molecule by a conserved glutamate residue (Glu146), the resulting hydroxide ion attacks the carbonyl carbon to form a Zn²⁺-bound gem-diolate.2022 June 10, Oliveira, A.L., Viegas, M.F., da Silva, S.L. et al., “The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential”, in Nature Reviews Chemistry, volume 6, →DOI, page 453

Forms of gem-diolate

pluralgem-diolates

Origin of gem-diolate

From gem-diol + -ate.

Questions about gem-diolate

What does gem-diolate mean?
Gem-diolate means any salt of a gem-diol.
What part of speech is gem-diolate?
Gem-diolate is a noun.
What is the plural of gem-diolate?
The plural of gem-diolate is gem-diolates.

Words near gem-diolate in the dictionary

  1. gem tree
  2. gem trees
  3. gem-cutter
  4. gem-cutters
  5. gem-diol
  6. gem-diolate
  7. gem-diols
  8. gem-disubstituent effect
  9. gem-disubstituent effects
  10. gem-faced civet
  11. gem-faced civets

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