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pyrabactin

pyrabactin noun: a synthetic sulfonamide, 4-bromo-N-(2-pyridinylmethyl)-1-naphthalenesulfonamide, that mimics the plant stress hormone abscisic acid.

Noun

pyrabactin (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic sulfonamide, 4-bromo-N-(2-pyridinylmethyl)-1-naphthalenesulfonamide, that mimics the plant stress hormone abscisic acid.
    • The abscisic acid ligand structure ((+)-ABA; PDB ID: A8S)) was obtained from the ABA-bound pyrabactin resistance domain of the ABA intracellular receptor (PDB ID: 3ZVU).2015 July 22, “Identification of Interactions between Abscisic Acid and Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about pyrabactin

What does pyrabactin mean?
Pyrabactin means a synthetic sulfonamide, 4-bromo-N-(2-pyridinylmethyl)-1-naphthalenesulfonamide, that mimics the plant stress hormone abscisic acid.
What part of speech is pyrabactin?
Pyrabactin is a noun.

Words near pyrabactin in the dictionary

  1. pyoxanthose
  2. Pyper
  3. PYPL
  4. Pyr
  5. pyr-
  6. pyrabactin
  7. pyracanth
  8. pyracantha
  9. pyracanthas
  10. pyracanths
  11. pyracanthus

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