decahistidine

D2E1C3A1H4I1S1T1I1D2I1N1E1

noun

An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties

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Meanings

noundecahistidine (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties
  2. uncountableA section of ten histidine amino acids added to a protein (such a section does not exist in nature)

    We also explored using a vector (pNIC-Bio2) appending a decahistidine tag because, in theory, this tag would offer higher affinity immobilization to an NTA chip in surface plasmon resonance (SPR), which could facilitate acquiring more accurate kinetic binding data for the Fabs.

    2015 October 6, “Optimizing Production of Antigens and Fabs in the Context of Generating Recombinant Antibodies to Human Proteins”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From deca- + histidine.

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