carboxyl
carboxyl
Definition
car·boxyl (kär bäks′il)
noun
the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids
Etymology: carb(o)- + ox(ygen) + -yl
car′·boxyl′·ic (-il′ik) adjective
carboxyl
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- terminus: One is that zinc apparently combines with the negatively charged carboxyl termini of the rhinovirus coat to prevent it entering cells.
- group: In a reaction where the carboxyl group is linked to the amino group, there is what is called a peptide bond.
- terminal: How then were the additional amino acids " added from " the carboxyl terminal onwards.
- end: Note that the carboxyl end of one 3PG has swiveled out from the active site.
- oxygen: Such hydrogen bonding induces a more negative charge on the carboxyl oxygen atoms leading to an increase in the carboxylate pK a.
- side: Caspases get their name from the fact that they cleave on the carboxyl side of an aspartate residue.
Noun used with modifier
- terminal: The terminal carboxyl of each ubiquitin is linked to the e -amino group of a lysine residue of the adjacent ubiquitin in the chain.
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