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glutamylation

glutamylation noun: modification by reaction with glutamic acid.

Noun

glutamylation (uncountable)

  1. Modification by reaction with glutamic acid

Origin of glutamylation

From glutamyl + -ation.

Words formed from glutamylation

Questions about glutamylation

What does glutamylation mean?
Glutamylation means modification by reaction with glutamic acid.
What part of speech is glutamylation?
Glutamylation is a noun.

Words near glutamylation in the dictionary

  1. glutamylase
  2. glutamylases
  3. glutamylate
  4. glutamylated
  5. glutamylating
  6. glutamylation
  7. glutamylcysteine
  8. glutamyls
  9. glutamyltransferase
  10. glutamyltransferases
  11. glutamyltranspeptidase

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