Gem-diolate

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From gem-diol + -ate.

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