amino-terminal

Adjective

Meaning

amino-terminal (not comparable)

(biochemistry) Describing the amino acid, at one end of a polypeptide or protein, that has a free amino group

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Synonyms

amino

Examples

Starting from the N-terminus, there are first the amino-terminal transactivation domains (TAD 1, TAD 2), which are needed to induce a subset of p53 target genes. Source: Internet

Seven transmembrane G-protein coupled receptors (which represent about 5% of the genes in humans) mostly do not have an amino-terminal signal sequence. Source: Internet

By convention, the primary structure of a protein is reported starting from the amino-terminal (N) end to the carboxyl-terminal (C) end. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

amino-functional amino-substituted amino-substituted aromatic ring aminoacetaldehyde aminoacetate aminoacetic acid