presequence

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The opening part of a conversation.
2. noun A sequence of amino acids in a preprotein; the sequence of amino acids at the N-terminal end of a protein
3. verb To sequence in advance of another operation

Similar words

cleavable opener prelusion proem preinitial proemium intro preluding foresong prelude

Often followed by

of is and to that was into peptide binding