snaclec

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

snaclec (plural snaclecs)

1. (biochemistry) A lectin, typically in snake venom, that binds carbohydrate.
   • 2013, Blanca Hernández-Ledesma, Chia-Chien Hsieh, Bioactive Food Peptides in Health and Disease, page 226:

     Snaclecs have a basic heterodimeric structure with two subunits, nearly always linked covalently, via a disulphide bond.

Anagrams

• Cancels, cancels