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MSG is exactly what its longer chemical name, monosodium glutamate, indicates: a harmless combination of sodium and the ...

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The convenience of canned tomatoes often comes with the cost of an added metallic flavor. This one ingredient can help remove ...

The enzyme vitamin K-dependent γ-carboxylase (VKGC) modifies these glutamates into γ-carboxyglutamyl (Gla) residues. From there, assisted by calcium ions, protein complexes are assembled that ...

In this paper, Sakai et al. investigated molecular properties of anthozoan-specific opsin II (ASO-II opsins), as they lack these glutamates. They found an alternative candidate, Glu292 in helix 7, ...

This is a valuable study that explores the function of CCP5 in mouse ependymal cells. The methods, data, and analyses broadly support the claims. However, the study is incomplete as it stands. Minor ...