Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypusination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-pusi-na-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Reaction with hypusine

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Here, we suggest that such diverse post-translational modifications, including the β-lysylation/rhamnosylation of EF-P (and the hypusination of eIF5A) (Fig 8 ), are typical examples of “convergent evolution”."

Etymology

From hypusine + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hypusine

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

hypusinate

Questions

What does hypusination mean?: Reaction with hypusine
Where does hypusination come from?: From hypusine + -ation.

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