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pentahistidine

pentahistidine noun: five consecutive histidine amino-acids in a peptide or protein; the equivalent repeats in a nucleic acid or gene.

Noun

pentahistidine (uncountable)

  1. Five consecutive histidine amino-acids in a peptide or protein; the equivalent repeats in a nucleic acid or gene

Origin of pentahistidine

From penta- + histidine.

Questions about pentahistidine

What does pentahistidine mean?
Pentahistidine means five consecutive histidine amino-acids in a peptide or protein; the equivalent repeats in a nucleic acid or gene.
What part of speech is pentahistidine?
Pentahistidine is a noun.

Words near pentahistidine in the dictionary

  1. pentahedrons
  2. pentahelicene
  3. pentahelicenes
  4. pentahex
  5. pentahexes
  6. pentahistidine
  7. pentahydrate
  8. pentahydrated
  9. pentahydrates
  10. pentahydric
  11. pentahydride

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