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selenocysteine

selenocysteine noun: a naturally-occurring amino acid, present in several enzymes, whose structure is that of cysteine but with the sulfur atom replaced by one of selenium.

Noun

selenocysteine (countable and uncountable, plural selenocysteines)

  1. A naturally-occurring amino acid, present in several enzymes, whose structure is that of cysteine but with the sulfur atom replaced by one of selenium

Forms of selenocysteine

pluralselenocysteines

Origin of selenocysteine

From seleno- + cysteine.

Words formed from selenocysteine

Questions about selenocysteine

What does selenocysteine mean?
Selenocysteine means a naturally-occurring amino acid, present in several enzymes, whose structure is that of cysteine but with the sulfur atom replaced by one of selenium.
What part of speech is selenocysteine?
Selenocysteine is a noun.
What is the plural of selenocysteine?
The plural of selenocysteine is selenocysteines.

Words near selenocysteine in the dictionary

  1. selenocyanide
  2. selenocyanides
  3. selenocystamine
  4. selenocystathionine
  5. selenocystein
  6. selenocysteine
  7. selenocysteines
  8. selenocysteinyl
  9. selenocystine
  10. selenodesy
  11. selenodetic

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