Monday, February 23, 2009

Week 5: What's In A Name?

Welcome Scholars to week 5 ..... boy these weeks are sure flyin by.

For this weeks post... See if you can find the longest chemical compound name.... largest gets a prize..(remind me)

Have a great week...

Study hard!

The One.... The Only...

MR. D

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Methionylalanylthreonylserylarginylglycylalanylserylarginylcysteinylproly......araginylglycylprolylprolylprolylleucine


This is called ENAPTIN, a protein in short - Formula C44189H71252N12428O14007S321

To see all 64,060 letters go to http://profmaster.blogspot.com/2007/07/longest-chemical-name-64060-letters.html

Jack Proctor said...

cant find anything that long. but methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucyl phenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyl lysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenyl alanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisol eucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartyl threonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartyl alanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenyl alanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolyl threonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucyl arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonyl prolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamyl methionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyl histidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenyl alanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenyl alanyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalyl glycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalyl prolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanyl arginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyl valylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinyl prolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucyl leucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycyl arginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginyl alanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidyl leucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginyl alanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanyl glycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysyl alanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycyl alanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisol eucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucyl glutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyl lysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysyl alanylalanylthreonylarginylserine. seemed pretty good.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-imm1.htm

Matt said...

Matt delvecchio

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylala...
ylglutaminylprolylleucylglutaminylsery...
lserylthreonylalanylthreonylphenylalan...
rylglycylphenylalanylprolylvalylprolyl...
lanylarginylaspartylglycylglutaminylva...
nylleucylprolylglycylvalylglutaminylis...
ylglycylarginylalanyllysylleucylthreon...
llysylalanylasparaginylserylglycylargi...
eonylasparaginylglycylserylglycylgluta...
nylglutamylleucylleucylvalyllysylalany...
asparaginylphenylalanylvalylglutaminyl...
ylthreonylvalylarginylglutaminylglycyl...
utaminylvalylarginylvalylthreonylglycy...
lylvalyllysylphenylalanyltyrosylarginy...
cylglutaminylserylserylleucylaspartylp...
glutaminylglutamylglycylaspartylleucyl...
anylglutamylalanyltyrosylprolylglutamy...
serylvalylasparaginylalanylthreonylasp...
ylthreonylserylthreonylalanylglutamyll...
tamylglutamylglutamylvalylprolylalanyl...
eucylvalylserylthreonylalanylglutaminy...
glutaminylthreonylarginylisoleucylglut...
ylhistidylphenylalanylaspartylalanylar...
lylglutamylmethionylvalylisoleucylaspa...
nylglutaminylleucylprolylhistidyllysyl...
lprolylprolyllysylprolyllysylserylargi...
erylisoleucylalanylalanyllysylalanylgl...
ylglutaminylserylprolylserylprolylisol...
lprolylvalylarginylhistidylvalylarginy...
lylvalylarginylserylvalylserylprolylal...
onylserylprolylisoleucylarginylserylva