noun
- Plural of glycyl; chemical groups or radicals derived from glycine, used in organic chemistry and biochemistry.
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- The peptide chain contains several glycyl residues at key positions.
- Glycyls are commonly found in protein structures as part of amino acid sequences.
- The researcher synthesized new compounds by attaching glycyls to the molecular scaffold.
- In biochemistry, glycyl groups play an important role in peptide bond formation.