Protosite
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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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More examples"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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