PKZILLA

English

Etymology

From Initialism of poly- +‎ ketide. +‎ -zilla. From being a very large polyketide synthase enzyme. At the time of discovery, PKZILLA-1, the first PKZILLA discovered, discovered in Prymnesium parvum, became the largest protein known, greatly exceeding the size of the prior largest, titin.

Noun

PKZILLA (countable and uncountable, plural PKZILLAs)

1. A family of proteins
2. A protein in this family

Hypernyms

• polyketide synthase
• prymnesin precursor

 

Hyponyms

• PKZILLA-1
• PKZILLA-2

 

Coordinate terms

• P. parvum
• prymnesin
• Prymnesium
• Prymnesium parvum

 

Derived terms

• PKZILLA-1
• PKZILLA-2

 

Related terms

• Godzilla
• ketide
• poly-
• polyketide
• polyketide synthase
• synthase
• -zilla