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glutenins

glutenins is the plural of glutenin.

Meaning of glutenin

Noun

glutenin (countable and uncountable, plural glutenins)

  1. A glutelin protein in wheat.
    • The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins. The glutenins, however, bond with each other in several ways to form an extensive, tightly knit network.2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN

Questions about glutenins

What is glutenins the plural of?
Glutenins is the plural of glutenin.

Words near glutenins in the dictionary

  1. glutenases
  2. glutenfree
  3. glutenin
  4. glutenine
  5. glutenines
  6. glutenins
  7. glutenless
  8. glutenous
  9. glutens
  10. gluteny
  11. gluteobiceps

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