Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Glutamic acid (abbreviated as Glu or E) is one of the 20-22 proteinogenic amino acids and its codons are GAA and GAG. It is a non-essential amino acid. The carboxylate anions and salts of glutamic acid are known as glutamates. In neuroscience glutamate is an important neurotransmitter that plays a key role in long-term potentiation and is important for learning and memory.
