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edman degradation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
ed-man degra-da-tion
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of sequencing amino acids in a peptide. The amino-terminal residue is labelled and cleaved from the peptide without disrupting the peptide bonds between other amino acid residues.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Developed by Pehr Edman.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Edman degradations (plural)

Questions

What does edman degradation mean?
A method of sequencing amino acids in a peptide. The amino-terminal residue is labelled and cleaved from the peptide without disrupting the peptide bonds between other amino acid residues.
Where does edman degradation come from?
Developed by Pehr Edman.

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