monopalmitate

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ palmitate.

Noun

monopalmitate (plural monopalmitates)

1. Any compound that has a single palmitate group
   • 2015 August 12, Minliang Chen et al., “Effect of Tween 40 and DtsR1 on l-arginine overproduction in Corynebacterium crenatum”, in Microbial Cell Factories‎, volume 14, →DOI:

     As a fermentation trigger, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate (Tween 40) is widely used to enhance l -glutamate overproduction in C. glutamicum because it can decrease ODHC activity by downregulation of dtsR1 expression [ 16 ].