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homospermidine

homospermidine noun: the amine N-(4-aminobutyl)-1,4-butanediamine.

Noun

homospermidine (uncountable)

  1. The amine N-(4-aminobutyl)-1,4-butanediamine
    • On the other hand, it can be observed that, with small exceptions, the S. pneumonia strains are the only Streptococci equipped with homospermidine biosynthesis and pyruvate oxidation pathways, which have been found to be involved in pathogenicity mechanisms [50 ] and in the counteraction of...2015 September 15, “Assessing the Metabolic Diversity of Streptococcus from a Protein Domain Point of View”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of homospermidine

From homo- + spermidine.

Questions about homospermidine

What does homospermidine mean?
Homospermidine means the amine N-(4-aminobutyl)-1,4-butanediamine.
What part of speech is homospermidine?
Homospermidine is a noun.

Words near homospermidine in the dictionary

  1. homosocially
  2. homospecific
  3. homospecificity
  4. homospermic
  5. homospermically
  6. homospermidine
  7. homospermine
  8. homospermines
  9. homosphere
  10. homospheres
  11. homospheroid

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