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pkzilla

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pkzil-la
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Prymnesin, a family of proteins.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any protein in this family.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Initialism of poly- + ketide + -zilla. From being a very large polyketide synthase enzyme. At the time of discovery, PKZILLA-1, the first PKZILLA discovered, discovered in Prymnesium parvum, became the largest protein known, greatly exceeding the size of the prior largest, titin.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

PKZILLAs (plural)

Phrases

PKZILLA-1 PKZILLA-2 Prymnesium parvum

Frequently Paired Words

Prymnesium Prymnesium parvum

Questions

What does pkzilla mean?
Prymnesin, a family of proteins.
Where does pkzilla come from?
From Initialism of poly- + ketide + -zilla. From being a very large polyketide synthase enzyme. At the time of discovery, PKZILLA-1, the first PKZILLA discovered, discovered in Prymnesium parvum, became the largest protein known, greatly exceeding the size of the prior largest, titin.

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