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CARBOXY TERMINAL [1 record]

Record 1 2003-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry
  • Biotechnology
DEF

End of any polypeptide or protein that bears a free carboxyl group. The final amino acid on this end has its [alpha]-amino group involved in a peptide bond, but not its carboxyl group.

Key term(s)
  • carboxyl-terminal end

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Biochimie
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Extrémité d'une chaîne de polypeptides dotée d'un groupe [alpha]-carboxyle libre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Bioquímica
  • Biotecnología
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