Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A salt or ester of an organic acid, derived from the carboxyl group. Soaps, which are usually the sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids, are carboxylates.
- adjective Of or relating to a carboxylate.
- adjective Of or relating to the anionic conjugate base of a carboxylic acid, specifically the CO22− group
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to treat a chemical compound with carboxyl or carboxylic acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any
salt orester of acarboxylic acid . - verb organic chemistry To form a
carboxyl group by introduction ofcarbon dioxide - verb organic chemistry To react with a
carboxylic acid
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
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Examples
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The restaurant is dedicated to the concept of umami, the savory, meaty "fifth taste" that may be technically defined as the carboxylate anion of glutamic acid, which is to say the dash of soy sauce in your stir-fry or the catsup you like with your fries.
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In the alpha amino acids, the amino and carboxylate groups are attached to the same carbon atom, which is called the αcarbon.
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Phagocytosis of the RTHDF fibroblasts was studied using carboxylate-modified polystyrene fluorescent latex beads with a diameter of 1.0 µm (Sigma-Aldrich) as described by Ganassin et al. [63].
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hans-Christian Ingerslev et al. 2010
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In the alpha amino acids, the amino and carboxylate groups are attached to the same carbon atom, which is called the αcarbon.
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It is thus possible that the carboxylate of D763 could also make specific, productive interactions with α − 1,3 linked mannoside (O2) compared to an α − 1,6 linked substrate and that binding of the latter is hindered both by a tighter "collar" and the location of W764, but such speculation requires the analysis of complexes of the Streptococcal enzyme.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael D. L. Suits et al. 2010
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In the alpha amino acids, the amino and carboxylate groups are attached to the same carbon atom, which is called the αcarbon.
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The protein family including E. coli RimK encompasses a number of proteins with ATP-dependent carboxylate-amine ligase activity, where acylphosphate intermediates are involved in the catalytic mechanism
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Konstantin Kadzhaev et al. 2009
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Consistent with a structural impact of the four alanine replacements, the mutant ATPase activity showed enhanced inhibition by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, which blocks the helix-2 carboxylate.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue J. Liu 2009
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The key carboxylate is in the second motif, which is
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue J. Liu 2009
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Galperin MY, Koonin EV (1997) A diverse superfamily of enzymes with ATP-dependent carboxylate-amine / thiol ligase activity.
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