noun
- Plural of puromycin; antibiotic compounds that inhibit protein synthesis by mimicking aminoacyl-tRNA and causing premature chain termination in ribosomes.
Usage: technical; biochemistry; molecular biology
Examples
- Puromycins are used in laboratory research to study protein synthesis mechanisms.
- The researchers added puromycins to the cell culture to halt translation.
- Puromycins bind to the ribosomal A site, disrupting normal peptide bond formation.
- Scientists employ puromycins as tools to investigate gene expression in eukaryotic cells.