Protosite

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any part of a biomolecule that has the potential to be a site for the attachment of another one

    "To expand the distribution of plant resources containing RAs and explore the functional role of N-methylated amino acids in natural RAs in the maintenance of the conformation and bioactivity, we structurally and pharmacologically investigated interesting RAs using the TLC cyclopeptide protosite detection method with ninhydrin [23 ] from R."

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"To expand the distribution of plant resources containing RAs and explore the functional role of N-methylated amino acids in natural RAs in the maintenance of the conformation and bioactivity, we structurally and pharmacologically investigated interesting RAs using the TLC cyclopeptide protosite detection method with ninhydrin [23 ] from R."

Etymology

From proto- + site.

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