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Nicole_5521
#1 Posted : Thursday, July 08, 2021 2:14:01 PM
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Hi,

I'm wondering if glutamate is commonly used to refer to the glutamic acid amino acid? I've noticed that it shows up in questions sometimes.

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#2 Posted : Thursday, July 08, 2021 8:25:44 PM
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Hello Nicole,

Glutamate is the ionic form of glutamic acid. When glutamic acid, which is acidic, loses a hydrogen from its side chain, it becomes glutamate, with a side chain composed of CH2CH2COO. In the human body, glutamic acid almost always exists as glutamate, because conditions in the body favor the loss of the hydrogen atom from glutamic acid.

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