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How to pronounce glutamate
IPA transcription: [ɡ'lutə,meɪt]
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Noun
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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.