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decahistidine

decahistidine noun: an oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.

Noun

decahistidine (uncountable)

  1. An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties
  2. A section of ten histidine amino acids added to a protein (such a section does not exist in nature)
    • We also explored using a vector (pNIC-Bio2) appending a decahistidine tag because, in theory, this tag would offer higher affinity immobilization to an NTA chip in surface plasmon resonance (SPR), which could facilitate acquiring more accurate kinetic binding data for the Fabs.2015 October 6, “Optimizing Production of Antigens and Fabs in the Context of Generating Recombinant Antibodies to Human Proteins”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of decahistidine

From deca- + histidine.

Questions about decahistidine

What does decahistidine mean?
Decahistidine means an oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
What part of speech is decahistidine?
Decahistidine is a noun.

Words near decahistidine in the dictionary

  1. decahedral
  2. decahedron
  3. decahedrons
  4. decaheme
  5. decahemes
  6. decahistidine
  7. decahydrate
  8. decahydrated
  9. decahydrates
  10. decahydride
  11. decahydrides

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