Anthony P. Nicholas • Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya
Editors

2014

Deimination refers to the posttranslational conversion of protein-bound arginine into protein-bound citrulline. It is often interchangeably termed as “citrullination,” which may also refer to the conversion of free arginine into citrulline. As a result, we have promoted the use of the word “deimination” to exclusively refer to the posttranslational modifi cation (PTM) of protein-bound arginine for ameliorating some confusion for new investigators or researchers from other fields.