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peptidylarginine

peptidylarginine noun: an arginine residue within a peptide.

Noun

peptidylarginine (uncountable)

  1. An arginine residue within a peptide
    • Citrullination is catalysed by a family of calcium-dependent peptidylarginine deiminases (PAD).2015 August 29, Stefan Reichert et al., “Association of levels of antibodies against citrullinated cyclic peptides and citrullinated α-enolase in chronic and aggressive periodontitis as a risk factor...

Origin of peptidylarginine

From peptidyl + arginine.

Questions about peptidylarginine

What does peptidylarginine mean?
Peptidylarginine means an arginine residue within a peptide.
What part of speech is peptidylarginine?
Peptidylarginine is a noun.

Words near peptidylarginine in the dictionary

  1. peptidorhamnomannans
  2. peptids
  3. peptidyl
  4. peptidyl transferase
  5. peptidyl-glycinamidase
  6. peptidylarginine
  7. peptidylcitrulline
  8. peptidyldipeptidase
  9. peptidyldipeptidases
  10. peptidylglycine
  11. peptidylnucleoside

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