octarepeat element

Spanish translation: Elemento octapéptido repetido

17:20 May 13, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
English term or phrase: octarepeat element
"Furthermore, we found an insertion of a glycine at position 5 in the last copy of an octarepeat element (P-H-G-G-G-W-G-Q) in a total of four."

Texto sobre agentes adventicios, este texto de este apartado es "Análisis de mutación patogénica por alineamiento de secuencias con PRPN humano"
Agustina Drt (X)
Argentina
Local time: 12:24
Spanish translation:Elemento octapéptido repetido
Explanation:
Los elementos que se repiten, ya sean péptidos o nucleótidos, se denominan repetidos, y en este caso, la secuencia repetida es un octapéptido.

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En realidad sería un elemento octapeptídico, pero creo que la mayoría de los bioquímicos dirían octapéptido.
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Leda Roche
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Elemento octapéptido repetido
Leda Roche
4 +1elemento octarepetido
María C Turri
3 +1secuencia octapéptido repetidora / repetitiva
Neil Ashby


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
elemento octarepetido


Explanation:
Según entiendo, se trata de una secuencia de octapéptidos (https://webs.um.es/jalozate/recursos-docentes/Areas/General/... que se repite en un polipéptido o una proteína. Ciertamente no pude encontrar ejemplos traducidos en español, pero creo que iría por este camino.


    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/octarepeat
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827544/
María C Turri
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agree  EirTranslations
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secuencia octapéptido repetidora / repetitiva


Explanation:
Or secuencia de octapéptidos repetidos

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https://www.mapa.gob.es/ministerio/pags/biblioteca/revistas/...

En la región 24-95 se encuentran cinco octapéptidos repetidos en tándem ricos en glicina y prolina capaces de unir metales, principalmente el cobre.

Neil Ashby
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agree  Chema Nieto Castañón: Me resulta más natural tu alternativa (secuencia de octopéptidos repetidos), aunque la variabilidad terminológica en castellano en este contexto es enorme...
2 days 3 hrs
  -> Thanks Chema, I can't really comment much about how natural they sound in Spanish... ;@) I never even considered "octo/octa".
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Elemento octapéptido repetido


Explanation:
Los elementos que se repiten, ya sean péptidos o nucleótidos, se denominan repetidos, y en este caso, la secuencia repetida es un octapéptido.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-05-13 22:08:55 GMT)
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En realidad sería un elemento octapeptídico, pero creo que la mayoría de los bioquímicos dirían octapéptido.

Leda Roche
Uruguay
Local time: 12:24
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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agree  Chema Nieto Castañón
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agree  Jose Marino
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