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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The introduction of a carboxyl group into a compound or molecule.
Wiktionary
- n. organic chemistry Any reaction that introduces a carboxylic acid into a molecule
Examples
“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.”
“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
“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...
“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.”
“Recent scientific and technological developments in the electrochemical carboxylation based on carbon dioxide”
“Main Group elements - and transition metal-promoted carboxylation of organic substrates (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics and others)”
“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.”
“For MGP to function in this way, it must first be present in its carboxylated form; vitamin K is required for this carboxylation process.”
“What provides them with this "stickiness" is a chemical event called carboxylation.”
“A second mechanism involves the role of vitamin K in a process called carboxylation.”
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