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metallocentre

metallocentre noun: the region of a metalloprotein enclosing the metal atom.

Noun

metallocentre (plural metallocentres)

  1. The region of a metalloprotein enclosing the metal atom.

Forms of metallocentre

pluralmetallocentres

Origin of metallocentre

From metallo- + centre.

Questions about metallocentre

What does metallocentre mean?
Metallocentre means the region of a metalloprotein enclosing the metal atom.
What part of speech is metallocentre?
Metallocentre is a noun.
What is the plural of metallocentre?
The plural of metallocentre is metallocentres.

Words near metallocentre in the dictionary

  1. metallocarboxypeptidases
  2. metallocene
  3. metallocenes
  4. metallocenter
  5. metallocenters
  6. metallocentre
  7. metallocentres
  8. metallochaperone
  9. metallochaperones
  10. metallochelatase
  11. metallochelatases

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