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hemiasterlin

hemiasterlin noun: the tripeptide (E,4S)-4-[[(2S)-3,3-dimethyl-2-[[(2S)-3-methyl-2-(methylamino)-3-(1-methylindol-3-yl)butanoyl]amino]butanoyl]-methylamino]-2,5-dimethylhex-2-enoic acid found in some marine sponges.

Noun

hemiasterlin (uncountable)

  1. The tripeptide (E,4S)-4-[[(2S)-3,3-dimethyl-2-[[(2S)-3-methyl-2-(methylamino)-3-(1-methylindol-3-yl)butanoyl]amino]butanoyl]-methylamino]-2,5-dimethylhex-2-enoic acid found in some marine sponges

Questions about hemiasterlin

What does hemiasterlin mean?
Hemiasterlin means the tripeptide (E,4S)-4-[[(2S)-3,3-dimethyl-2-[[(2S)-3-methyl-2-(methylamino)-3-(1-methylindol-3-yl)butanoyl]amino]butanoyl]-methylamino]-2,5-dimethylhex-2-enoic acid found in some marine sponges.
What part of speech is hemiasterlin?
Hemiasterlin is a noun.

Words near hemiasterlin in the dictionary

  1. hemiascomyceteous
  2. hemiascomycetes
  3. hemiascomycetous
  4. hemiasomatognosia
  5. hemiasomatognosias
  6. hemiasterlin
  7. hemiataxia
  8. hemiatrophies
  9. hemiatrophy
  10. hemiazygos
  11. hemiballism

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