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hypusine

hypusine noun: the amino acid N6-(4-amino 2-hydroxybutyl)-L-lysine.

Noun

hypusine (uncountable)

  1. The amino acid N6-(4-amino 2-hydroxybutyl)-L-lysine

Words formed from hypusine

Questions about hypusine

What does hypusine mean?
Hypusine means the amino acid N6-(4-amino 2-hydroxybutyl)-L-lysine.
What part of speech is hypusine?
Hypusine is a noun.

Words near hypusine in the dictionary

  1. hypusinate
  2. hypusinated
  3. hypusinates
  4. hypusinating
  5. hypusination
  6. hypusine
  7. hypæthral
  8. hypæthric
  9. hyraces
  10. hyraceum
  11. hyracid

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