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Word: amphipathic (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Adjective:

  • biochemistry often refers to the surface(s) on a protein, particularly an alpha helix, where one surface of the alpha helix has hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite face has hydrophobic (or lipophilic) amino acids.
  • chemistry describing a molecule, such as a detergent, which has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups.

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