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unprotonated

unprotonated adjective: not protonated.

Adjective

unprotonated (not comparable)

  1. Not protonated.
    • Since we considered the keratin in liquid water at ~ pH = 7, histidine was left unprotonated.2015 July 17, “Complete Structure of an Epithelial Keratin Dimer: Implications for Intermediate Filament Assembly”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of unprotonated

From un- + protonated.

Questions about unprotonated

What does unprotonated mean?
Unprotonated means not protonated.
What part of speech is unprotonated?
Unprotonated is an adjective.

Words near unprotonated in the dictionary

  1. unprotestantizes
  2. unprotestantizing
  3. unprotested
  4. unprotesting
  5. unprotestingly
  6. unprotonated
  7. unprototypical
  8. unprotracted
  9. unprotruded
  10. unprotruding
  11. unprotrusive

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