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gamma-carboxyglutamate residue (Gla)
Function:
- formed via vitamin K-dependent carboxylation of Glu or Gln
- several such residues occur to form a Ca+2-sequestering domain
Related
Ca+2
General
Ca+2-binding site
variant amino acid residue
Properties
NAME: gamma-carboxyglutamate residue
References
- Baron M, Norman DG, Campbell ID.
Protein modules.
Trends Biochem Sci. 1991 Jan;16(1):13-7. Review.
PMID: 2053133