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Meaning of hydroxyalkanoic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Describing alkanoic acids that have one of more hydroxy substituents

not-comparable

Examples

“It accepts coenzyme A thioesters of hydroxyalkanoic acids (HA) as substrates and catalyzes the polymerization of HAs into PHA while simultaneously releasing CoA.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

hydroxybenzoic hydroxybutyric hydroxycarboxylic hydroxycinnamic hydroxyisovaleric hydroxylated

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