See Also: octopine(1)(dictionary)
octopine(2)(dictionary)
D-octopine dehydrogenase(medicine)
octopine oxidase(medicine)
octopine permease(medicine)

octopine(2) (iou)



octopine noun. E20.
[from OCTOPUS + -INE5.]
Biochemistry. An opine, C9H18N4O4, present in octopus muscle and also synthesized by plant cells infected with certain plasmids from the crown gall pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Cf. NOPALINE.