carboxylation
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carboxylation
[kahr-bok″sil-a´shun]the addition of a carboxyl group, as to pyruvate to form oxaloacetate.
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car·box·yl·a·tion
(kar-bok'si-lā'shŭn),Addition of CO2 to an organic acceptor, as in formation of malonyl-CoA or in photosynthesis, to yield a -COOH group; catalyzed by carboxylases.
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car·box·yl·a·tion
(kahr-bok'si-lā'shŭn)Addition of CO2 to an organic acceptor to yield a -COOH group; catalyzed by carboxylases.
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carboxylation
the addition of carboxyl (COOH) or carbon dioxide into a molecule as, for example, when carbon dioxide is added to ribulose diphosphate (C5) in the CALVIN CYCLE to give an unstable C6 product.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
car·box·yl·a·tion
(kahr-bok'si-lā'shŭn)Addition of CO2 to an organic acceptor to yield a -COOH group; catalyzed by carboxylases.
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