amphipathic

Meaning of amphipathic

adjective
  1. Describing a molecule, such as a detergent, which has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups.
  2. Of the surface(s) on a protein, particularly an alpha helix, where one surface of the alpha helix has hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite face has hydrophobic (or lipophilic) amino acids.

Information about amphipathic

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of amphipathic

am-phi-pathic

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • amphipathic is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

amphipathic synonyms

Meaning :

amphiphilic

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