- Methionylglutaminylarginyl...serine
Methionylglutaminylarginyl...serine is the chemical name for the
tryptophan synthase A protein which is made up of 267 amino acids. The chemical formula is C1289H2051N343O375S8It is one of the longest words in English.
According to the
Guinness World Records , 18th edition, It is the longest chemical name.In its complete form, the 1,913 letter word is :"Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleu-":"cyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglysylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanyl-":"yalylthreonylleucylglcycylaspartylprolylglicylisoleucyglutamylglutaminlserylleucyll-":"ysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglyclyalanylaspartylalany-":"lleucyglutamylleucylgluycylisoleucylproluylphenylalanyserylaspartyprolylleucelalany-":"laspartylglycylprolylthreonylisolleucyglutaminylasparaginylalanythreonylleucylargin-":"ylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylp-":"henylalanylglglutamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhisti-":"dylprolyuthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylas-":"baraginylleucylvalylphenylalanylsparaginyyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphen-":"ylalanylyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylspartylseryl-":"valylleucylvallalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalvlglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphe-":"nylalalrginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalalprolyli-":"soleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolyprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartyspart-":"yleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyroslglycylarginylglycyltyrosylt-":"hreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginlalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamyla-":"sparaginylarginylanylalanylleucylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllys-":"ylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparagimylalanylalanyprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycy-":"lphenlalanylglycylisoleyucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalan-":"ylisoleucylalspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylasoleucylserylglycylserylal-":"anylisoleucylbalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisole-":"ucylglutamylpronylgluotamyllysylmethionylluecylalanylalanyoeucyllysylvalylphenylala-":"nylvalylglutamilylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine"
ee also
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Longest word in English
*Acetylseryltyrosylseryliso...serine
*Methionylthreonylthreonyl...isoleucine ~ Titin
*Methionylalanylthreonyl...leucine ~ Enaptin
*Protein
*Amino acid
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