glutamination

English

Etymology

glutamine +‎ -ation

Noun

glutamination (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The addition of a glutamine residue to a molecule
   • 2015, Lenny H.E. Winkel et al., “Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces: A Critical Review”, in Nutrients‎^[1], volume 7, →DOI:

     Alternatively, SeCys may be converted into methyl-SeCys via glutamination into γ-glutamyl-SeCys, subsequent methylation into γ-glutamyl-methyl-SeCys and finally deglutamination (Figure 5).

Antonyms

• deglutamination