glutamic acid
noun
glu·tam·ic acid (ˌ)glü-ˈta-mik- 
: a crystalline amino acid C5H9NO4 widely distributed in plant and animal proteins
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This contains black rice which is an amazing source of glutamic acid, a key amino acid lost when hair is damaged. 
Sam Neibart, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 June 2022 Note that the two amino acids that lead to a mutation, alanine and aspartic acid, are shorter than glutamic acid. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 The glutamic acid is substituted by the polar uncharged amino acid glutamine (E484Q). William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021 The formula is made with black rice, which is rich in glutamic acid. Victoria Moorhouse, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021 The mutation is denominated E484K, meaning that the amino acid, glutamic acid (code letter E), has been replaced by another, lysine (code letter K), in position 484 of the genetic sequence of the spike protein. Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2021 Glutamate is a form of glutamic acid, an amino acid that’s naturally occurring in many common foods, like tomatoes and cheeses. Yvette D'entremont, SELF, 20 June 2018 But when archaeologists dated samples of amino acids glycine and glutamic acid extracted from the collagen, their results lined up with the 13,000- to 12,795-year-old range for the antler artifacts. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 18 June 2018 The switch works because miso delivers a wallop of glutamic acid — the chemical responsible for the savory, umami flavor, wrote J. Kenji López-Alt for Serious Eats back in 2012. Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 7 May 2018 See More
Sam Neibart, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 June 2022 Note that the two amino acids that lead to a mutation, alanine and aspartic acid, are shorter than glutamic acid. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 The glutamic acid is substituted by the polar uncharged amino acid glutamine (E484Q). William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021 The formula is made with black rice, which is rich in glutamic acid. Victoria Moorhouse, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021 The mutation is denominated E484K, meaning that the amino acid, glutamic acid (code letter E), has been replaced by another, lysine (code letter K), in position 484 of the genetic sequence of the spike protein. Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2021 Glutamate is a form of glutamic acid, an amino acid that’s naturally occurring in many common foods, like tomatoes and cheeses. Yvette D'entremont, SELF, 20 June 2018 But when archaeologists dated samples of amino acids glycine and glutamic acid extracted from the collagen, their results lined up with the 13,000- to 12,795-year-old range for the antler artifacts. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 18 June 2018 The switch works because miso delivers a wallop of glutamic acid — the chemical responsible for the savory, umami flavor, wrote J. Kenji López-Alt for Serious Eats back in 2012. Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 7 May 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary gluten + amino + -ic
First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
glutamic acid
noun
glu·tam·ic acid (ˌ)glü-ˌtam-ik-
: a crystalline amino acid C5H9NO4 that is widely distributed in plant and animal proteins and that acts throughout the central nervous system especially in the form of a salt or ester as a neurotransmitter which excites postsynaptic neurons —abbreviation Glu