Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misfolding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: mis-fold-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An incorrect folding (especially of a protein).

verb

present participle and gerund of misfold

Example Sentences

"We can rule out misfolding of recombinant Acp12p as a reason for this, because we have observed pantetheinylation of this protein by the A."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English folding English misfolding From mis- + folding.

Inflected Forms

misfoldings (plural)

Questions

What does misfolding mean?: An incorrect folding (especially of a protein).
Where does misfolding come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English folding English misfolding From mis- + folding.

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