Decahistidine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Decahistidine is a noun meaning An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
Meaning
An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
More Meanings
- A section of ten histidine amino acids added to a protein (such a section does not exist in nature)
Example Sentences
We also explored using a vector (pNIC-Bio2) appending a decahistidine tag because, in theory, this tag would offer higher affinity immobilization to an NTA chip in surface plasmon resonance (SPR), which could facilitate acquiring more accurate kinetic binding data for the Fabs.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dodecahistidine, pentahistidine, oligohistidine, tetradecapeptide, pentadecapeptide, heptadecapeptide.
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