hexahistidyl

English

Etymology

hexa- +‎ histidyl

Noun

hexahistidyl (uncountable)

1. Six histidyl groups in a molecule
   • 2015 December 29, “Human Gut-Commensalic Lactobacillus ruminis ATCC 25644 Displays Sortase-Assembled Surface Piliation: Phenotypic Characterization of Its Fimbrial Operon through In Silico Predictive Analysis and Recombinant Expression in Lactococcus lactis”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Instead, these recombinant LrpCBA pilins are engineered to have a hexahistidyl tail at the COOH-terminus, but which also include some extra residues at the N-terminus (MGRDPNSSS) and ahead of the hexahistidines (LE), these all stemming from the E.