trichlorinated

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English

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Etymology

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From tri- +‎ chlorinated.

Adjective

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trichlorinated (not comparable)

  1. chlorinated with three atoms of chlorine
    • 2015 July 30, “Expanding the Described Metabolome of the Marine Cyanobacterium Moorea producens JHB through Orthogonal Natural Products Workflows”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Rather, in the case of barbamide, the biosynthesis proceeds through an initial dichlorination step catalyzed by the BarB2 halogenase protein, followed by a monochlorination step catalyzed by the BarB1 halogenase protein to yield the final trichlorinated product.