polythreonine

P3O1L1Y4T1H4R1E1O1N1I1N1E1

noun

A polyaminoacid composed of threonine subunits

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Meanings

nounpolythreonine (plural polythreonines)

plural polythreonines

  1. biochemistryA polyaminoacid composed of threonine subunits

    Experiments in vitro revealed even more amyloid-forming proteins and peptides, including proteins with no link to in vivo amyloids, such as polyaminoacids (e.g., polylysine, polythreonine and polyglutamic acid) [3 ], and short oligopeptides [4 –6 ].

    2015 August 28, “pH-Driven Polymorphism of Insulin Amyloid-Like Fibrils”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From poly- + threonine.

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