octamericadj.
/ˌɒktəˈmɛrɪk/, U.S. /ˌɑktəˈmɛrɪk/ Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Of or relating to an octamer; consisting of eight monomers.
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1962 D. C. Bradley in F. G. A. Stone & W. A. G. Graham Inorg. Polymers 417 For thorium the values are near to the predicted octameric value for cubic 8-coordination.
1987 European Jrnl. Biochem. 166 287 (heading) Crystals containing an octameric arrangement of iron-sulfur protein fragments.
2001 Appl. & Environmental Microbiol. 67 1601 Native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and gel filtration chromatography data suggest that the enzyme is octameric.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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