pyroglutamic acid

English

Etymology

pyro- +‎ glutamic acid

Noun

pyroglutamic acid (plural pyroglutamic acids)

1. (organic chemistry) A lactam form of the amino acid glutamic acid.

   Synonym: oxoproline

Coordinate terms

• pyroglutamate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

Related terms

• pyroglutamination
• pyroglutamyl
• pyroglutamylation