noun
- The acyl group derived from glycine, consisting of the amino acid glycine with the carboxyl group removed; used in biochemistry and organic chemistry.
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- Glycyl residues are commonly found in peptide chains.
- The glycyl group is the simplest amino acyl group in protein synthesis.
- Researchers studied the glycyl radical mechanism in enzyme catalysis.
- Glycyl-tRNA synthetase catalyzes the attachment of glycine to transfer RNA.