Home › Words › O › oligohistidineoligohistidineoligohistidine means an oligomer of histidine.EtymologyFrom oligo- + histidine.nounAn oligomer of histidinee.g.“For example, attachment of oligohistidine tags to the periplasmic termini of membrane proteins often interferes with folding and drastically impairs expression in Escherichia coli.” — 2015 November 26, “A Versatile Strategy for Production of Membrane Proteins with Diverse Topologies: Application to Investigation of Bacterial Homologues of Human Divalent Metal Ion and Nucleoside TraDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.oligolysine 74% match — An oligomer of lysine vs oligohistidine →polyhistidine 73% match — Several histidine residues linked together (usually at least six). vs oligohistidine →oligohexamer 72% match — An oligomer composed of hexamers vs oligohistidine →decahistidine 69% match — An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties vs oligohistidine →hexahistidyl 66% match — Six histidyl groups in a molecule vs oligohistidine →oligotrimer 66% match — A trimer (considered as an oligomer) vs oligohistidine →oligosarcosine 64% match — An oligomer of sarcosine vs oligohistidine →oligoadenosine 64% match — An oligomer of adenosine vs oligohistidine →