Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lanthionine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lan-thio-n-ine
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An analogue of cystine consisting of two alanine residues connected by a single sulfur atom

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

lanthionines (plural)

Derived Forms

methyllanthionine

Frequently Paired Words

lanthipeptide

Questions

What does lanthionine mean?: An analogue of cystine consisting of two alanine residues connected by a single sulfur atom

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