Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The introduction of a carboxyl group into a compound or molecule.
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- noun organic chemistry Any
reaction that introduces acarboxylic acid into a molecule
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Examples
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As we saw in chapter 3, vitamin K is important for both blood clotting and bone formation through its action as a cofactor in the carboxylation of certain proteins.
Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010
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Acclimation to elevated CO2 levels can occur through one or more of three processes of leaf-level carbon assimilation: carboxylation, light harvest, and carbohydrate synthesis [93].
Climate change in relation to carbon uptake and carbon storage in the Arctic 2009
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Cardon dioxide itself is fixed by the enzyme Rubisco, catalysing the carboxylation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2007
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It has included the biological functions of vitamin B1, oxidative phosphorylation, the reductive carboxylation of ketoglutaric and pyruvic acids, the photochemical reduction of pyridine nucleotides in photosynthesis, condensing enzyme - which is the key enzyme of the Krebs citric acid cycle, polynucleotide phosphorylase and the genetic code.
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For MGP to function in this way, it must first be present in its carboxylated form; vitamin K is required for this carboxylation process.
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For MGP to function in this way, it must first be present in its carboxylated form; vitamin K is required for this carboxylation process.
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Recent scientific and technological developments in the electrochemical carboxylation based on carbon dioxide
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What provides them with this "stickiness" is a chemical event called carboxylation.
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Main Group elements - and transition metal-promoted carboxylation of organic substrates (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics and others)
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For our bones to be optimally healthy, one of the proteins found in bone-a protein called osteocalcin-needs to be chemically altered through the process of carboxylation.
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