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Biotin vs Biotinylation - What's the difference?

biotin | biotinylation |

As nouns the difference between biotin and biotinylation

is that biotin is biotin while biotinylation is (biochemistry) the attachment of a biotin residue to a biological macromolecule in order to label it.

biotin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (vitamin) A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.

    • Synonyms

    * * vitamin H

    biotinylation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia biotinylation)
  • (biochemistry) The attachment of a biotin residue to a biological macromolecule in order to label it.

    • Related terms

    * biotinyl