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monopalmitate

monopalmitate noun: any compound that has a single palmitate group.

Noun

monopalmitate (plural monopalmitates)

  1. Any compound that has a single palmitate group
    • As a fermentation trigger, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate (Tween 40) is widely used to enhance l -glutamate overproduction in C. glutamicum because it can decrease ODHC activity by downregulation of dtsR1 expression [ 16 ].2015 August 12, Minliang Chen et al., “Effect of Tween 40 and DtsR1 on l-arginine overproduction in Corynebacterium crenatum”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, →DOI

Forms of monopalmitate

pluralmonopalmitates

Origin of monopalmitate

From mono- + palmitate.

Questions about monopalmitate

What does monopalmitate mean?
Monopalmitate means any compound that has a single palmitate group.
What part of speech is monopalmitate?
Monopalmitate is a noun.
What is the plural of monopalmitate?
The plural of monopalmitate is monopalmitates.

Words near monopalmitate in the dictionary

  1. monooxygenases
  2. monooxygenation
  3. monooxygenations
  4. monopack
  5. monopacks
  6. monopalmitate
  7. monopalmitates
  8. monopalmitin
  9. monopalmitins
  10. monopalmitoyl
  11. monopalmitoylated

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