Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polythreonine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-thre-o-nine
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polyaminoacid composed of threonine subunits

Example Sentences

"Experiments in vitro revealed even more amyloid-forming proteins and peptides, including proteins with no link to in vivo amyloids, such as polyaminoacids (e.g., polylysine, polythreonine and polyglutamic acid) [3 ], and short oligopeptides [4 –6 ]."

Etymology

From poly- + threonine.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: poly

Inflected Forms

polythreonines (plural)

Questions

What does polythreonine mean?: A polyaminoacid composed of threonine subunits
Where does polythreonine come from?: From poly- + threonine.

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