biotin

As nouns the difference between biotin and steptavidin

is that biotin is biotin while steptavidin is (protein) a protein, having a structure containing four cavities, that has a high affinity for biotin.

As nouns the difference between biotin and desthiobiotin

is that biotin is 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 while desthiobiotin is a derivative of biotin that lacks a sulfur atom; it is a bacterial precursor of biotin.

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.

Biocytin is a related term of biotin.

As nouns the difference between biotin and biocytin

is that biotin is 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 while biocytin is an organic compound having the chemical formula C₁₆H₂₈N₄O₄S, formed by covalent bonding between biotin and a lysine residue.

As nouns the difference between biotin and streptavadin

is that biotin is biotin while streptavadin is (biology) a peptide used, along with biotin, in the sequencing of rna.

As a noun biotin

is biotin.

As an adjective biotinylated is

(biochemistry) being combined with one or more biotin residue.