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diresidue

diresidue noun: a pair of amino acids that repeat in a particular protein.

Noun

diresidue (plural diresidues)

  1. A pair of amino acids that repeat in a particular protein.

Forms of diresidue

pluraldiresidues

Origin of diresidue

From di- + residue.

Questions about diresidue

What does diresidue mean?
Diresidue means a pair of amino acids that repeat in a particular protein.
What part of speech is diresidue?
Diresidue is a noun.
What is the plural of diresidue?
The plural of diresidue is diresidues.

Words near diresidue in the dictionary

  1. direnesses
  2. direption
  3. direptions
  4. direr
  5. Dires
  6. diresidue
  7. diresidues
  8. diresome
  9. direst
  10. diretmid
  11. diretmids

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