Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "amphipathic" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF AMPHIPATHIC

amphipathic  [ˌæmfɪˈpæθɪk] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMPHIPATHIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amphipathic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AMPHIPATHIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amphiphile

Amphiphile is a term describing a chemical compound possessing both hydrophilic and lipophilic properties. Such a compound is called amphiphilic or amphipathic. This forms the basis for a number of areas of research in chemistry and biochemistry, notably that of lipid polymorphism. Organic compounds containing hydrophilic groups at both ends of a prolate molecule are called bolaamphiphilic. Common amphiphilic substances are soaps, detergents and lipoproteins.

Definition of amphipathic in the English dictionary

The definition of amphipathic in the dictionary is of or relating to a molecule that possesses both hydrophobic and hydrophilic elements, such as are found in detergents, or phospholipids of biological membranes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMPHIPATHIC


allelopathic
əˌliːləˈpæθɪk
allopathic
ˌæləˈpæθɪk
antipathic
ˌæntɪˈpæθɪk
cytopathic
ˌsaɪtəʊˈpæθɪk
empathic
ɛmˈpæθɪk
homeopathic
ˌhəʊmɪəʊˈpæθɪk
homoeopathic
ˌhəʊmɪəʊˈpæθɪk
hydropathic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpæθɪk
idiopathic
ˌɪdɪəʊˈpæθɪk
kinesipathic
kɪˌniːsɪˈpæθɪk
myopathic
ˌmaɪəˈpæθɪk
naturopathic
ˌnætʃərəˈpæθɪk
nephropathic
ˌnɛfrəˈpæθɪk
neuropathic
njʊərəˈpæθɪk
osteopathic
ˌɒstɪəˈpæθɪk
pathic
ˈpæθɪk
psychopathic
ˌsaɪkəʊˈpæθɪk
sociopathic
ˌsəʊsɪəʊˈpæθɪk
telepathic
ˌtɛlɪˈpæθɪk
theopathic
ˌθɪəˈpæθɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMPHIPATHIC

amphigories
amphigory
amphigouri
amphimacer
amphimictic
amphimixes
amphimixis
amphioxi
amphioxus
amphipath
amphiphile
amphiphilic
amphiploid
amphiploidy
amphipod
amphipodous
amphiprostylar
amphiprostyle
amphiprotic
amphisbaena

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMPHIPATHIC

anthropopathic
chrestomathic
endocrinopathic
ethic
eurybathic
feldspathic
felspathic
gnathic
Gothic
isobathic
myelopathic
orthognathic
philomathic
photobathic
plectognathic
polymathic
prognathic
protopathic
spathic
stenobathic

Synonyms and antonyms of amphipathic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «amphipathic» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF AMPHIPATHIC

Find out the translation of amphipathic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of amphipathic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amphipathic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

两性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amphipathic
570 millions of speakers

English

amphipathic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

amphipathic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متقابلة الزمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

амфипатический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amphipathic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

amphipathic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bipolaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Amphipati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

amphipathischer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

両親媒性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

양친 매성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amphipat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

amphipathic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆம்பிபதியாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Amphipathic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amfipatik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

amphipathic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

amfipatyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

амфіпатіческій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amfipatică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμφιπαθική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

amfipatiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

amfipatisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amphipathic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amphipathic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHIPATHIC»

The term «amphipathic» is regularly used and occupies the 79.162 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
63
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «amphipathic» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of amphipathic
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «amphipathic».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHIPATHIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «amphipathic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «amphipathic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amphipathic

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMPHIPATHIC»

Discover the use of amphipathic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amphipathic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Amphipathic Helix
The book also includes general introductory material that defines amphipathic helices, discusses methods to identify amphipathic helical segments from the amino acid sequence of a protein, illustrates how amphipathic helices can be used in ...
Richard M. Epand, 1993
2
Color Atlas of Biochemistry
The AS for this process is therefore positive (the disorder in the water increases), and the negative term -T • AS makes the separation process exergonic (AG < 0), so that it proceeds spontaneously. C. Arrangements of amphipathic substances ...
Jan Koolman, Klaus-Heinrich Röhm, 2005
3
Peptide-Lipid Interactions
Figure 8A is a plot of amphipathic β strands in which the cutoff for β increases on the x axis from 5 to 10 kcal/mol. Figure 8B is a plot of amphipathic α helixes in which the cutoff for α increases on the x axis from 8 to 20 kcal/mol. This type of lipid ...
Sidney A. Simon, Thomas J. McIntosh, 2002
4
ADVANCES IN IMMUNOLOGY
Because a large fraction of the oz-helical segments found in globular proteins are amphipathic, this property is not independent from the or helix propensity (J. Garnier, personal communication). De Lisi and Berzofsky (1985) have proposed  ...
Frank J. Dixon, 1989
5
Naturally Occurring Bioactive Compounds
Both yeast and Gram-negative bacteria have evolved significant permeability barriers. Gram-negative species have an outer membrane that is a fairly effective barrier for amphipathic compounds and a set of MDRs that extrude amphipathic ...
‎2006
6
RNA Interference: Application to Drug Discovery and ...
Structurally, amphipathic peptides can be divided into two groups, the so-called primary and secondary amphipathic CPPs. Examples of primary amphipathic peptides include those derived from signal peptides, fusion peptides found in the  ...
Paul H. Johnson, 2011
7
Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Processes and Applications
FIGURE 4.1 Helical wheel projections of the amphipathic and nonamphipathic peptide pairs I and II. ABSTRACT The term MAPs (model amphipathic peptides) designates a group of peptides derived from the a-helical amphipathic model ...
Ulo Langel, 2002
8
Liposome Technology: Entrapment of Drugs and Other Materials ...
The best way to prove the cardinal and obligatory role of the ammonium ion in the loading of amphipathic weak bases is to use the ionophore nonactine [ Wasserman V, Kizelsztein P, Garbuzenko O, et al. The antioxidant tempamine ( TMN): in ...
Gregory Gregoriadis, 2006
9
Development of Therapeutic Agents Handbook
... nonpolar face of amphipathic cyclic β-sheet and amphipathic α-helical AMPs as a determinant for locating peptides to the interface region of prokaryotic membranes and decreasing transmembrane penetration into eukaryotic membranes; ...
Shayne Cox Gad, 2011
10
Physicochemical Principles of Pharmacy
6.1 Amphipathic compounds 178 6.2 Surface and interfacial properties of surfactants 1 79 6.3 Micellisation 201 6.4 Liquid crystals and surfactant vesicles 210 6.5 Properties of some commonly used surfactants 216 6.6 Solubilisation 220 ...
Alexander Taylor Florence, D. Attwood, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMPHIPATHIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amphipathic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Interaction between living cells and polymeric particles: potential …
... bionanoparticles prepared by self-assembling amphipathic polymers of hydrophilic poly(γ-glutamic acid) bearing hydrophobic amino acids. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
2
Helix 8 of the angiotensin- II type 1A receptor interacts with …
The carboxyl-terminus of the type 1 angiotensin II receptor (AT1A) regulates receptor activation/deactivation and the amphipathic Helix 8 within ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
3
Phosphorylation of Pex11p does not regulate peroxisomal fission in …
Previous work from our group and others established that Pex11p stimulates membrane elongation through the action of an amphipathic helix, ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
4
Nanospace-controlled gold material created using molecular …
In recent years, it has become feasible to synthesize mesoporous metals with a metal framework by using amphipathic molecules (e.g., ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
5
Real-time and simultaneous monitoring of the phosphorylation and …
Interestingly, in contrast to the amphipathic helix structures of unphosphorylated p53-TAD1 and p53-TAD2 observed in the other complexes, ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
6
Nuclear envelope Curving out a nuclear pore
Mészáros and colleagues identified a predicted amphipathic helix and an adjacent α-helical region at the amino termini of both Nup1 and ... «Nature.com, May 15»
7
'Shield' gives tricky proteins a new identity
At the other end, they attached what's called an amphipathic protein, which has both a hydrophilic and hydrophobic end, as a shield that ... «Cornell Chronicle, Apr 15»
8
Meet the 'Lego Death Star' Designed to Kill Cancer Dead
"We have been able to make things about the right size, with the right kind of charge, and that are amphipathic like the natural systems. «Motherboard, Aug 14»
9
Understanding MRSA: a new tool for assessing antibacterial agents
The procedure uses the amphipathic polymer poly(styrene-co-maleic acid) to extract the proteins, along with their surrounding lipid ... «nanotechweb.org, Jun 14»
10
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Structure Revealed that the Human …
Those studies revealed that the dimerization domain of the protein forms an amphipathic α-helix. Subsequent NMR structure-based mutational analysis of the ... «Journal of Virology, May 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Amphipathic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/amphipathic>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z