polyglycine
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]polyglycine (plural polyglycines)
- (biochemistry) Multiple glycine residues linked together as part of a polypeptide
- 2015 July 17, “Complete Structure of an Epithelial Keratin Dimer: Implications for Intermediate Filament Assembly”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Glycine loops are characterized by polyglycine repeats punctuated intermittently (every 3–6 residues in the head domain) by aromatic residues [46 ].