What is "c-terminus"

alt. (context biochemistry English) The end of a polypeptide chain that consists of an amino acid with a free carboxyl group n. (context biochemistry English) The end of a polypeptide chain that consists of an amino acid with a free carboxyl group

The C-terminus (also known as the carboxyl-terminus, carboxy-terminus, C-terminal tail, C-terminal end, or COOH-terminus) is the end of an amino acid chain ( protein or polypeptide), terminated by a free carboxyl group (-COOH). When the protein is translated from messenger RNA, it is created from N-terminus to C-terminus. The convention for writing peptide sequences is to put the C-terminal end on the right and write the sequence from N- to C-terminus.