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The (real) systematic name of titin | Infinite Ascent

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it’s longer than everyone else thinks

If you’ve ever looked up “longest word”, you might’ve come across a word with 189,819 letters, starting with methionyl and ending with isoleucine . Or maybe you’ve watched the two-hour MrBeast video, where he claims to reads it. This word is, supposedly, the systematic name of titin, the largest known human protein. Supposedly is the key word here. In fact, nearly all online sources that claim to have the name of titin are flat-out wrong , and the actual name is much longer, at 241,578 letters. Or maybe even longer, depending on what you consider to be titin! How did I learn this? How do I kno

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