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saposin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
saposin
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of small lysosomal proteins that serve as activators of various lysosomal lipid-degrading enzymes.

Etymology

From sphingolipid activator protein, + -in.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

saposins (plural)

Derived Forms

disaposin monosaposin prosaposin trisaposin

Questions

What does saposin mean?
Any of a class of small lysosomal proteins that serve as activators of various lysosomal lipid-degrading enzymes.
Where does saposin come from?
From sphingolipid activator protein, + -in.

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