CARBOXYL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carboxyl mean? 

• CARBOXYL (noun)
  The noun CARBOXYL has 1 sense:

1. the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids

  Familiarity information: CARBOXYL used as a noun is very rare.

• CARBOXYL (adjective)
  The adjective CARBOXYL has 1 sense:

1. relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical

  Familiarity information: CARBOXYL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARBOXYL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carboxyl; carboxyl group

Hypernyms ("carboxyl" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

Derivation:

carboxyl; carboxylic (relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical)

• CARBOXYL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

carboxyl; carboxylic

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Pertainym:

carboxyl group (the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids)

Derivation:

carboxyl (the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids)

 Context examples 

The addition involves cleavage and addition to the free thiol group of cysteine moiety, and methylation of the free carboxylate group on the protein's carboxyl terminus.

(Farnesylation Process, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of organic compounds with a carboxyl group (-COOH) and at least one hydroxyl group attached to a phenyl ring.

(Hydroxybenzoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Any substance that inhibits hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, an enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of hydroxyl and carboxyl groups on steroids, leading to activation or deactivation of the steroid molecule.

(Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Activated by carboxyl esterase, pibrozelesin alkylates DNA by binding to adenine-thymine (A-T)-rich sequences in the minor groove of DNA, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and inducing apoptosis.

(Pibrozelesin, NCI Thesaurus)

Pre-lamin A contains a carboxyl CAAX box that can be modified by farnesylation.

(Nuclear Lamina, NCI Thesaurus)

Any organic compounds containing amino (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) groups.

(Amino acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Compound found in food containing from 4 to 24 carbons in a hydrocarbon chain, including a carboxyl group (-COOH) at one end and a methyl group (-CH3) at the other end.

(Dietary Fatty Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Any derivatives of amino acids that containing amino (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) groups.

(Amino Acid Derivative, NCI Thesaurus)

Amino Acid Transporter proteins carry organic compounds containing an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group through solubility barriers, such as aqueous body fluids, lipid membranes or across epithelial layers.

(Amino Acid Transporter, NCI Thesaurus)

Amino Acid Synthesis Inhibition involves interference with, or restraint of, enzymatic formation of organic compounds that contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group.

(Amino Acid Synthesis Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)