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monoglutamate

monoglutamate noun: any salt or ester of glutamic acid that has a single glutamate residue.

Noun

monoglutamate (plural monoglutamates)

  1. Any salt or ester of glutamic acid that has a single glutamate residue
    • Most upstream in the nicotianamine biosynthetic pathway, glutamate carboxypeptidase 2 (AMP1) releases folate monoglutamate from folate polyglutamate [49 ].2015 November 5, “Deciphering Mineral Homeostasis in Barley Seed Transfer Cells at Transcriptional Level”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of monoglutamate

pluralmonoglutamates

Origin of monoglutamate

From mono- + glutamate.

Questions about monoglutamate

What does monoglutamate mean?
Monoglutamate means any salt or ester of glutamic acid that has a single glutamate residue.
What part of speech is monoglutamate?
Monoglutamate is a noun.
What is the plural of monoglutamate?
The plural of monoglutamate is monoglutamates.

Words near monoglutamate in the dictionary

  1. monoglucosylations
  2. monoglucosyltransferase
  3. monoglucosyltransferases
  4. monoglucuronide
  5. monoglucuronides
  6. monoglutamate
  7. monoglutamates
  8. monoglutamylated
  9. monoglutathionyl
  10. monoglycerid
  11. monoglyceride

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