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amino-terminal

amino-terminal adjective: describing the amino acid, at one end of a polypeptide or protein, that has a free amino group.

Adjective

amino-terminal (not comparable)

  1. Describing the amino acid, at one end of a polypeptide or protein, that has a free amino group

Questions about amino-terminal

What does amino-terminal mean?
Amino-terminal means describing the amino acid, at one end of a polypeptide or protein, that has a free amino group.
What part of speech is amino-terminal?
Amino-terminal is an adjective.

Words near amino-terminal in the dictionary

  1. amino carbohydrate
  2. amino carbohydrates
  3. amino sugar
  4. amino sugars
  5. amino-
  6. amino-terminal
  7. aminoacetaldehyde
  8. aminoacetate
  9. aminoacetates
  10. aminoacetic acid
  11. aminoacetone

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