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carboxylation

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car·box·yl·a·tion  (kär-bks-lshn)
n.
The introduction of a carboxyl group into a compound or molecule.
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Vitamin K denotes a group of fat-soluble vitamins (Kl and K2) primarily responsible for the carboxylation (activation) of certain proteins that block precipitation of calcium in the arteries, allowing it to bind to the mineral structure of bone.
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The modification will also alter the functions of a protein in both ways, adding functions or removing functions, for instance, phosphorylation and dephosphorylation, carboxylation and decarboxylation.
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