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aequorin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ae-quorin
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Aequorea + -in

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

aequorins (plural)

Derived Forms

apoaequorin

Questions

What does aequorin mean?
A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
Where does aequorin come from?
Aequorea + -in

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