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pentaalanine

pentaalanine noun: any oligopeptide consisting of five alanine residues.

Noun

pentaalanine (countable and uncountable, plural pentaalanines)

  1. Any oligopeptide consisting of five alanine residues

Forms of pentaalanine

pluralpentaalanines

Origin of pentaalanine

From penta- + alanine.

Questions about pentaalanine

What does pentaalanine mean?
Pentaalanine means any oligopeptide consisting of five alanine residues.
What part of speech is pentaalanine?
Pentaalanine is a noun.
What is the plural of pentaalanine?
The plural of pentaalanine is pentaalanines.

Words near pentaalanine in the dictionary

  1. pentaacetate
  2. pentaacetates
  3. pentaacetylated
  4. pentaacetylation
  5. pentaacylated
  6. pentaalanine
  7. pentaalanines
  8. pentaaluminium
  9. pentaaluminum
  10. pentaamine
  11. pentaamines

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