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4-carboxyglutamate

4-car·box·y·glu·ta·mate (Gla),

(kar-bok'sē-glū-ta-māt),

A carboxylated form of glutamate found in certain proteins (for example, prothrombin; coagulation factors VII, IX, and X; osteocalcin). Its synthesis is vitamin K-dependent.

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