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Prototropic vs Protomer - What's the difference?

prototropic | protomer |

In chemistry terms the difference between prototropic and protomer

is that prototropic is of, pertaining to, or exhibiting prototropy while protomer is any prototropic tautomer.

As an adjective prototropic

is of, pertaining to, or exhibiting prototropy.

As a noun protomer is

any prototropic tautomer.

prototropic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting prototropy
  • (biology) Of or pertaining to prototrophs

    • protomer

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any prototropic tautomer.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of the subunits that constitute an oligomeric protein.
    • Derived terms
    * interprotomer

    References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989

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