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Lysine vs Polylysine - What's the difference?

lysine | polylysine |

As nouns the difference between lysine and polylysine

is that lysine is (amino acid) an essential amino acid c6h14n2o2 while polylysine is a polypeptide (or section of a protein) consisting only of lysine residues.

lysine

English

(wikipedia lysine)

Noun

  • (amino acid) An essential amino acid C6H14N2O2.

    • Synonyms

    * Lys

    Anagrams

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    polylysine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A polypeptide (or section of a protein) consisting only of lysine residues