Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oligohistidine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oligo-his-ti-dine
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oligomer of histidine

Example Sentences

"For example, attachment of oligohistidine tags to the periplasmic termini of membrane proteins often interferes with folding and drastically impairs expression in Escherichia coli."

Etymology

From oligo- + histidine.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: oligo

Inflected Forms

oligohistidines (plural)

Questions

What does oligohistidine mean?: An oligomer of histidine
Where does oligohistidine come from?: From oligo- + histidine.

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