Medical Definition of Glycyl chain

1. A polypeptide component of insulin containing 21 amino acyl residues, beginning with a glycyl residue (NH2-terminus); insulin is formed by the linkage of an A chain to a B chain by two disulfide bonds; the amino-acid composition of the A chain is a function of species. Synonym: glycyl chain. In general, one of the polypeptides in a multiprotein complex. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycyl Chain

glycotropic factor
glycoylated
glycuresis
glycuronan
glycuronate
glycuronates
glycuronic
glycuronic acid
glycuronidase
glycuronide
glycuronuria
glycyclamide
glycyl
glycyl aminopeptidase
glycyl betaine
glycyl chain (current term)
glycyl endopeptidase
glycylcycline
glycylcyclines
glycylglycine
glycylpeptide-N-myristoyl transferase
glycylproline 4-nitroanilidase
glycylprolyl dipeptidase
glycyls
glycyrrhetinic acid
glycyrrhiza
glycyrrhizic
glycyrrhizic acid
glycyrrhizimic
glycyrrhizin

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