Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metallochaperone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: met-al-lochap-er-one
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of proteins that move metal ions to specific sites within a cell, normally to bind with metalloenzymes and cofactors

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. English metallo- English chaperone English metallochaperone From metallo- + chaperone.

Inflected Forms

metallochaperones (plural)

Questions

What does metallochaperone mean?: Any of a family of proteins that move metal ions to specific sites within a cell, normally to bind with metalloenzymes and cofactors
Where does metallochaperone come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. English metallo- English chaperone English metallochaperone From metallo- + chaperone.

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