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polythreonine

polythreonine noun: a polyaminoacid composed of threonine subunits.

Noun

polythreonine (plural polythreonines)

  1. A polyaminoacid composed of threonine subunits
    • Experiments in vitro revealed even more amyloid-forming proteins and peptides, including proteins with no link to in vivo amyloids, such as polyaminoacids (e.g., polylysine, polythreonine and polyglutamic acid) [3 ], and short oligopeptides [4 –6 ].2015 August 28, “pH-Driven Polymorphism of Insulin Amyloid-Like Fibrils”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of polythreonine

pluralpolythreonines

Origin of polythreonine

From poly- + threonine.

Questions about polythreonine

What does polythreonine mean?
Polythreonine means a polyaminoacid composed of threonine subunits.
What part of speech is polythreonine?
Polythreonine is a noun.
What is the plural of polythreonine?
The plural of polythreonine is polythreonines.

Words near polythreonine in the dictionary

  1. polythionic
  2. polythionic acid
  3. polythionic acids
  4. polythiophene
  5. polythiophenes
  6. polythreonine
  7. polythreonines
  8. polythymidine
  9. polythymine
  10. polytimbral
  11. polytime

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