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motor protein

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
mo-tor pro-tein
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of proteins that are able to move on a suitable substrate, being powered by the hydrolysis of ATP, and are involved in the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical work.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

motor proteins (plural)

Questions

What does motor protein mean?
Any of a class of proteins that are able to move on a suitable substrate, being powered by the hydrolysis of ATP, and are involved in the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical work.

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