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polytyrosine

polytyrosine noun: a polypeptide composed of only tyrosine amino acids.

Noun

polytyrosine

  1. A polypeptide composed of only tyrosine amino acids
  2. A sequence of a protein composed of only tyrosine amino acids

Origin of polytyrosine

From poly- + tyrosine.

Questions about polytyrosine

What does polytyrosine mean?
Polytyrosine means a polypeptide composed of only tyrosine amino acids.
What part of speech is polytyrosine?
Polytyrosine is a noun.

Words near polytyrosine in the dictionary

  1. polytypical
  2. polytyping
  3. polytypism
  4. polytypisms
  5. polytypy
  6. polytyrosine
  7. polyubiquitin
  8. polyubiquitinate
  9. polyubiquitinated
  10. polyubiquitinates
  11. polyubiquitinating

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