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dehydron

dehydron noun: a protein motif composed of a defectively-packed backbone hydrogen bond that acts as an adhesive.

Noun

dehydron (plural dehydrons)

  1. A protein motif composed of a defectively-packed backbone hydrogen bond that acts as an adhesive

Forms of dehydron

pluraldehydrons

Origin of dehydron

From dehydro- + -on.

Words formed from dehydron

Questions about dehydron

What does dehydron mean?
Dehydron means a protein motif composed of a defectively-packed backbone hydrogen bond that acts as an adhesive.
What part of speech is dehydron?
Dehydron is a noun.
What is the plural of dehydron?
The plural of dehydron is dehydrons.

Words near dehydron in the dictionary

  1. dehydrolase
  2. dehydrolases
  3. dehydroleucodine
  4. dehydromethionine
  5. dehydromorphine
  6. dehydron
  7. dehydronated
  8. dehydronic
  9. dehydrons
  10. dehydropalladation
  11. dehydropeptidase

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