snaclec

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noun

A lectin, typically in snake venom, that binds carbohydrate.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounsnaclec (plural snaclecs)

plural snaclecs

  1. biochemistryA lectin, typically in snake venom, that binds carbohydrate.

    Snaclecs have a basic heterodimeric structure with two subunits, nearly always linked covalently, via a disulphide bond.

    2013, Blanca Hernández-Ledesma, Chia-Chien Hsieh, Bioactive Food Peptides in Health and Disease, page 226
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