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IPA transcription: [ɡ'lutə,meɪt]

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Noun

  • a salt or ester of glutamic acid

Usage examples

  • The kernel is used as oil, bran, starch, glutamates, animal feed, and solvents.
  • A ring of glutamate residues on its extracellular side forms the selectivity filter.
  • In bacteria, such as "E. coli", ornithine can be synthesized from -glutamate.
  • "N"-terminal glutamic acid and glutamine residues can spontaneously cyclize to become pyroglutamate.
  • In some invertebrates, glutamate is the main excitatory transmitter at the neuromuscular junction.