The chemical conversion of arginine to citrulline, known as citrullination or deimination. Citrullination or deimination is the conversion of the amino acid arginine in a protein into the amino acid citrulline.Citrulline is not one of the 20 standard amino acids encoded by DNA in the genetic code.Instead, it is the result of a post-translational modification.Citrullination is distinct from the formation of the free amino acid citrulline as part of the urea cycle or as a byproduct of enzymes ...
See Cached Version