AAX

See also: aax

Translingual

Symbol

AAX

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Romeu Zema Airport, which serves Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

English

Noun

AAX

1. (biology) An amino acid that includes a side chain X.
   • 2013, Edward E Pryor Jr, Peter S Horanyi, Kathleen M Clark, Nadia Fedoriw, Sara M Connelly, Mary Koszelak-Rosenblum, Guangyu Zhu, Michael G Malkowski, Michael C Wiener, Mark E Dumont, “Structure of the integral membrane protein CAAX protease Ste24p”, in Holden Thorp, editor, Science, volume 339, number 6127, American Association for the Advancement of Science, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 1600–1604:

     Isoprenylation is followed by cleavage of the AAX amino acid residues and, in some cases, by additional proteolytic cuts.

2. A plug-in format available for some DAWs.
   • 2020, Zac Changnon, Audio Production Basics with Reason Software, page 41:

     AAX is the only plug-in format supported in Pro Tools 11 and later. AAX plug-ins are not currently supported in any other (non-Avid) DAW,