Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hexahistidyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hex-ahis-tidyl
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Six histidyl groups in a molecule

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor. English histo- English -idine English histidine Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English histidyl English hexahistidyl From hexa- + histidyl.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hexahistidyl mean?: Six histidyl groups in a molecule
Where does hexahistidyl come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor. English histo- English -idine English histidine Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English histidyl English hexahistidyl From hexa- + histidyl.

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