Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protosite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-site
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any part of a biomolecule that has the potential to be a site for the attachment of another one

Example Sentences

"To expand the distribution of plant resources containing RAs and explore the functional role of N-methylated amino acids in natural RAs in the maintenance of the conformation and bioactivity, we structurally and pharmacologically investigated interesting RAs using the TLC cyclopeptide protosite detection method with ninhydrin [23 ] from R."

Etymology

From proto- + site.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: proto

Inflected Forms

protosites (plural)

Questions

What does protosite mean?: Any part of a biomolecule that has the potential to be a site for the attachment of another one
Where does protosite come from?: From proto- + site.

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