| 释义 |
tetramer Chem.|ˈtɛtrəmə(r)|
[f. tetra- + -mer.]
A compound whose molecule is composed of four molecules of monomer.
1929Chem. Abstr. XXIII. 3213 The dimer and tetramer have also been obtained in cryst. form. 1939Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LXI. 2320/1 With the aid of a molecular still we isolated the trimer and tetramer of hexatriene. 1966New Scientist 16 June 724/2 The structures of the trimer and tetramer have been determined, and it is known that the trimer is virtually flat, whereas the tetramer is puckered. 1978Nature 6 Apr. 496/2 The haemoglobin molecule is a tetramer of two pairs of identical polypeptide chains, the α and β chains.
Hence tetraˈmeric a.; teˌtrameriˈzation, the formation of a tetramer from smaller molecules.
1938Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 290 The study of the trimeric and the tetrameric products of acid-catalysed polymerisation. 1962[see depolymerize v.]. 1971Chem. Abstr. LXXIII. Subject Index 3626S/3 Tetramerization catalysts. 1974Gill & Willis Pericyclic Reactions iii. 69 In certain circumstances it might then be possible to arrange for a concerted cyclic trimerization or tetramerization to occur. 1976Ann. Rev. Microbiol. XXX. 96 Each tetrameric isozyme is thought to contain the three gene products in the ratio of 2:1:1. 1979Nature 29 Feb. 625/1 Stacked A4 groups in between the cloverleaf branches are supposed to aid in lining up the protein-complexed individual cloverleaf elements for tetramerisation. |