Monoglutamate

noun

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Noun
  1. 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 ]."

Example

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"Most upstream in the nicotianamine biosynthetic pathway, glutamate carboxypeptidase 2 (AMP1) releases folate monoglutamate from folate polyglutamate [49 ]."

Etymology

From mono- + glutamate.

Related phrases

glutamic acid

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