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glutamylcysteine

glutamylcysteine noun: a dipeptide derived from glutamic acid and cysteine.

Noun

glutamylcysteine (uncountable)

  1. A dipeptide derived from glutamic acid and cysteine

Origin of glutamylcysteine

From glutamyl + cysteine.

Questions about glutamylcysteine

What does glutamylcysteine mean?
Glutamylcysteine means a dipeptide derived from glutamic acid and cysteine.
What part of speech is glutamylcysteine?
Glutamylcysteine is a noun.

Words near glutamylcysteine in the dictionary

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

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