Scissile

Word SCISSILE
Character 8
Hyphenation scis sile
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Scissile"

What do we mean by scissile?

Cut or split easily. adjective

Same as scissel. noun

Capable of being cut or divided, as by a sharp instrument; scissible.

Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible. adjective

Readily cut or split adjective

Easily broken adjective

Readily cut or split

(of a bond) easily broken

Synonyms and Antonyms for Scissile

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The word "scissile" in example sentences

The gills are also scissile, that is, they can be split, and are linear and swollen in the middle. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

The signal corresponding to the scissile +1 peptide bond could only be observed for ❋ Silvia Frutos (2010)

Invaginations account for 2/3 of small bowel occlusion caused by up to 80% of tumors and the lipoma is the most frequent benign tumor that causes invagination in its submucous polypoid and it is in more or less scissile form. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then the twist of the scissile bond, together with the bending of − 1 NAG, makes the glycosidic oxygen accessible to the catalytic residue Glu315 for cleavage ❋ Hai Li Et Al. (2010)

We show that incorporation of this highly reactive beta-turn inducing aromatic "Eda" moiety at the scissile P1-P1′ amide bond of a prodomain peptide of human furin led to a potent furin-inhibitor with inhibition constant K ❋ Ajoy Basak Et Al. (2009)

The above furin-Eda-peptide (II) contains a highly reactive β-turn inducing unnatural Eda-amino acid inserted between the scissile ❋ Ajoy Basak Et Al. (2009)

Such specificity effects originating from side-chains distal from the scissile N-terminal peptide bond are, to our knowledge and up to date, unique to this aminopeptidase and have only been partially observed before as differential substrate specificity depending on the C-terminus of an unrelated series of peptides ❋ Irini Evnouchidou Et Al. (2008)

(a) Schematic representation of linear (10) and branched (11) constructs with the scissile +1 peptide bond site-specifically labeled with ❋ Silvia Frutos (2010)

13C and 15N isotopes at both the scissile +1 amide bond (labeled b) and the amide connecting Phe194 and Val195 (labeled a). ❋ Silvia Frutos (2010)

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