Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyprotein

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: polypro-tein
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any protein (especially ones produced by viruses) that cleave to produce a number of polypeptides, some of which act as hormones

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English protein English polyprotein From poly- + protein.

Inflected Forms

polyproteins (plural)

Questions

What does polyprotein mean?: Any protein (especially ones produced by viruses) that cleave to produce a number of polypeptides, some of which act as hormones
Where does polyprotein come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English protein English polyprotein From poly- + protein.

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