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sulfokine

sulfokine noun: a pentapeptide (tyrosine - isoleucine - tyrosine - threonine - glycine) with a sulfate group attached to each of the two tyrosine moieties.

Noun

sulfokine (uncountable)

  1. A pentapeptide (tyrosine - isoleucine - tyrosine - threonine - glycine) with a sulfate group attached to each of the two tyrosine moieties

Origin of sulfokine

From sulfo- + -kine.

Words formed from sulfokine

Questions about sulfokine

What does sulfokine mean?
Sulfokine means a pentapeptide (tyrosine - isoleucine - tyrosine - threonine - glycine) with a sulfate group attached to each of the two tyrosine moieties.
What part of speech is sulfokine?
Sulfokine is a noun.

Words near sulfokine in the dictionary

  1. sulfohemoglobins
  2. sulfohydrolase
  3. sulfohydrolases
  4. sulfohydryl
  5. sulfoindocyanine
  6. sulfokine
  7. sulfolactate
  8. sulfolactates
  9. sulfolactic acid
  10. sulfolane
  11. sulfolene

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