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deoxyhypusine

deoxyhypusine noun: the amino acid N6-(4-aminobutyl)-L-lysine.

Noun

deoxyhypusine (uncountable)

  1. The amino acid N6-(4-aminobutyl)-L-lysine

Origin of deoxyhypusine

From deoxy- + hypusine.

Words formed from deoxyhypusine

Questions about deoxyhypusine

What does deoxyhypusine mean?
Deoxyhypusine means the amino acid N6-(4-aminobutyl)-L-lysine.
What part of speech is deoxyhypusine?
Deoxyhypusine is a noun.

Words near deoxyhypusine in the dictionary

  1. deoxyhexosyl
  2. deoxyhexosyls
  3. deoxyhypusinate
  4. deoxyhypusinated
  5. deoxyhypusination
  6. deoxyhypusine
  7. deoxyinosine
  8. deoxyinosines
  9. deoxyketohexose
  10. deoxyketohexoses
  11. deoxylapachol

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