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hexahistidyl

hexahistidyl noun: six histidyl groups in a molecule.

Noun

hexahistidyl (uncountable)

  1. Six histidyl groups in a molecule
    • Instead, these recombinant LrpCBA pilins are engineered to have a hexahistidyl tail at the COOH-terminus, but which also include some extra residues at the N-terminus (MGRDPNSSS) and ahead of the hexahistidines (LE), these all stemming from the E.2015 December 29, “Human Gut-Commensalic Lactobacillus ruminis ATCC 25644 Displays Sortase-Assembled Surface Piliation: Phenotypic Characterization of Its Fimbrial Operon through In Silico Predictive...

Origin of hexahistidyl

From hexa- + histidyl.

Questions about hexahistidyl

What does hexahistidyl mean?
Hexahistidyl means six histidyl groups in a molecule.
What part of speech is hexahistidyl?
Hexahistidyl is a noun.

Words near hexahistidyl in the dictionary

  1. hexahexaflexagon
  2. hexahexaflexagons
  3. hexahexes
  4. hexahistide
  5. hexahistidine
  6. hexahistidyl
  7. hexahydrate
  8. hexahydrated
  9. hexahydrates
  10. hexahydric
  11. hexahydride

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