Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phenyl-methyl-sul-fonylflu-o-ride
IPA

54

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A serine protease inhibitor commonly used in the preparation of cell lysates.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One hundred milligrams of frozen lung tissue was homogenized in buffer A (0.32 M sucrose, 5 m M Tris–HCl pH 7.5, 120 m M KCl, 1 m M EDTA, 0.2 m M phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride, 1 μg ml −1 leupeptin, 1 μg ml −1 pepstatin and 1 μg ml −1 aprotinin) and spun at 4 °C, 12 890 g for 10 min."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

PMSF

Questions

What does phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride mean?: A serine protease inhibitor commonly used in the preparation of cell lysates.

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