Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

[EvangelionZeta]

My English teacher in year 9 told me that words like "Antidisestablishmentarianism" are often 'invented' as jokes - I don't think it's a coincidence that "Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia" is so ridiculously long.  :p

[brightsky]

To add to the list, apparently there's a technical term 189,819 letters long...

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine

[Cthulhu]

To add to the list, apparently there's a technical term 189,819 letters long...

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine

It's called Titin and its real full name is Here

[Blakhitman]

To add to the list, apparently there's a technical term 189,819 letters long...

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine

It's called Titin and its real full name is Here

Got up to the second line...

[vexx]

To add to the list, apparently there's a technical term 189,819 letters long...

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine

It's called Titin and its real full name is Here

Holy shit...
C₁₃₂₉₈₃H₂₁₁₈₆₁N₃₆₁₄₉O₄₀₈₈₃S₆₉₃

!!!!!!! IS THAT SERIOUS?! WTF... ahhaaha amazing..

[physics]

i don't like the number 666 but generally i would never dail that number for fun anyway =P
some1 can try and tell me what happens =P i'm too scared =.=

[kyzoo]

Holy shit...
C₁₃₂₉₈₃H₂₁₁₈₆₁N₃₆₁₄₉O₄₀₈₈₃S₆₉₃

I wonder about the physical size of one titin molecule. Can I see a single molecule with my naked eye?

[Mao]

Holy shit...
C₁₃₂₉₈₃H₂₁₁₈₆₁N₃₆₁₄₉O₄₀₈₈₃S₆₉₃

I wonder about the physical size of one titin molecule. Can I see a single molecule with my naked eye?

If you stretch out titin, with the 34350 amino acids forming a single chain, there will be 34350*4=137,400 atoms in the backbone. Assuming these covalent bonds form a straight line (as opposed to the zig-zag that occurs in nature), and the covalent radius of carbon is 77pm [Also, for the sake of simplicity, we'll assume the C-N, C-O and O-N bonds are the same lengths], the backbone length will be 137,400*77*2 = 21.1 microns. The actual backbone length, due to the geometry of covalent bonds, and also due to twisting/bending caused by secondary/tertiary structure, will be much less, and the actual molecule would be much smaller than 21.1 microns.

Our eyes have a maximum resolution of roughly 30 microns when we stand 10 cm away from the object.

So no, you most probably can't see a single molecule of titin with your naked eye.

[vexx]

To add to the list, apparently there's a technical term 189,819 letters long...

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine

It's called Titin and its real full name is Here

Holy shit...
C₁₃₂₉₈₃H₂₁₁₈₆₁N₃₆₁₄₉O₄₀₈₈₃S₆₉₃

!!!!!!! IS THAT SERIOUS?! WTF... ahhaaha amazing..

Titin, which consists of 34,350 amino acids, is the largest known protein

haha i know i like looked it up just after i wrote 'WTF" in that sentence and then continued heh!
this is so cool..