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Citrulline vs Deimination - What's the difference?

citrulline | deimination |

As nouns the difference between citrulline and deimination

is that citrulline is (amino acid) an amino acid, first isolated from watermelons, that is an intermediate in the urea cycle while deimination is (biochemistry|genetics) the removal or conversion of an imine group; especially the post-translational modification of the amino acid arginine in a protein into the amino acid citrulline.

citrulline

English

Noun

(wikipedia citrulline) (en noun)
  • (amino acid) An amino acid, first isolated from watermelons, that is an intermediate in the urea cycle

    • deimination

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia deimination) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry, genetics) The removal or conversion of an imine group; especially the post-translational modification of the amino acid arginine in a protein into the amino acid citrulline

    • Synonyms

    *citrullination