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polyleucine

polyleucine noun: any polypeptide (or segment of a protein) consisting of leucine moieties only.

Noun

polyleucine (plural polyleucines)

  1. Any polypeptide (or segment of a protein) consisting of leucine moieties only

Forms of polyleucine

pluralpolyleucines

Origin of polyleucine

From poly- + leucine.

Questions about polyleucine

What does polyleucine mean?
Polyleucine means any polypeptide (or segment of a protein) consisting of leucine moieties only.
What part of speech is polyleucine?
Polyleucine is a noun.
What is the plural of polyleucine?
The plural of polyleucine is polyleucines.

Words near polyleucine in the dictionary

  1. polylege
  2. polyleges
  3. polylemma
  4. polylemmas
  5. polyless
  6. polyleucine
  7. polyleucines
  8. polyligated
  9. polyligation
  10. polyline
  11. polylineal

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