coprisin

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “copro- + ? + -in”)

Noun

coprisin (plural coprisins)

1. (biochemistry) A peptide, similar to defensin, found in bacteria-immunized dung beetles
   • 2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals‎^[1], volume 8, →DOI:

     They concluded that coprisin could be a model molecule for a large family of novel AMPs possessing apoptotic activities.

Anagrams

• porcinis