Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zyxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zyx-in
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A certain zinc-binding phosphoprotein, or the gene which produces it

Example Sentences

"Human zyxin is a 572 amino acid protein; sequence analysis suggests that its biochemical properties are similar to those of avian zyxin."

Etymology

From the gene name ZYX, + -in.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: in

Inflected Forms

zyxins (plural)

Phrases

Wikigenes entry

Frequently Paired Words

Wikigenes entry

Questions

What does zyxin mean?: A certain zinc-binding phosphoprotein, or the gene which produces it
Where does zyxin come from?: From the gene name ZYX, + -in.

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