As the largest known protein, titin also has the longest IUPAC name. The full chemical name, which starts methionyl… and ends …isoleucine, contains 189,819 letters and is sometimes stated to be the longest word in the English language, or any language.

As the largest known protein, titin also has the longest IUPAC name. The full chemical name, which starts methionyl and ends isoleucine, contains 189,819 letters and is sometimes stated to be the longest word in the English language, or any language.

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    This is why chemistry is ridiculous haha. Full Chemical Name Here
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    Why is the name that long?
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    This is relevant to mah interests.
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    Orgchem stuff. Old school. :))
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    this name… is insane.
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    haha I do also protein structure..xD
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    Whatever you do, don’t give Dr. Ferroni any ideas for a test question…
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    Quaternary structures eh?
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