Medical Definition of Transglutaminase
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An important extracellular enzyme that catalyses the formation of an amide bond between side chain glutamine and side chain lysine residues in proteins with the elimination of ammonia. The linkage is stable and plays an important role in many extracellular assembly processes.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transglutaminase
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