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methyllysine

methyllysine noun: any of three methylation products of the amino acid lysine that play a role in epigenetics.

Noun

methyllysine (countable and uncountable, plural methyllysines)

  1. Any of three methylation products of the amino acid lysine that play a role in epigenetics.

Forms of methyllysine

pluralmethyllysines

Origin of methyllysine

From methyl + lysine.

Questions about methyllysine

What does methyllysine mean?
Methyllysine means any of three methylation products of the amino acid lysine that play a role in epigenetics.
What part of speech is methyllysine?
Methyllysine is a noun.
What is the plural of methyllysine?
The plural of methyllysine is methyllysines.

Words near methyllysine in the dictionary

  1. methyllanthionines
  2. methyllithium
  3. methyllorazepam
  4. methyllycaconitine
  5. methyllycoctonine
  6. methyllysine
  7. methyllysines
  8. methylmagnesium
  9. methylmaleimide
  10. methylmaleimides
  11. methylmalonate

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