hexahistidyl

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noun

Six histidyl groups in a molecule

OriginEnglish histidyl ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? →
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Meanings

nounhexahistidyl (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSix histidyl groups in a molecule

    Instead, these recombinant LrpCBA pilins are engineered to have a hexahistidyl tail at the COOH-terminus, but which also include some extra residues at the N-terminus (MGRDPNSSS) and ahead of the hexahistidines (LE), these all stemming from the E.

    2015 December 29, “Human Gut-Commensalic Lactobacillus ruminis ATCC 25644 Displays Sortase-Assembled Surface Piliation: Phenotypic Characterization of Its Fimbrial Operon through In Silico Predictive Analysis and Recombinant Expression in Lactococcus lactis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  3. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  4. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  5. Latinhexa-
  6. Englishhexa-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  8. Ancient Greekῐ̔στός (hĭstós)
  9. Englishhisto-
  10. Englishhistidine
  11. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  13. Englishhistidyl
  14. Englishhexahistidyl

From hexa- + histidyl.

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APA

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Chicago

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