11/25/2003 Entry: ""
Posted by Maynard @ 02:01 PM MST
A Thanksgiving Word Puzzle
What is the longest word in the English language? Free bookmark to the person who can figure it out before Saturday evening. Here is a hint: it is ingested in mass quantities this Thursday. 
answer posted in the comments.
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On Thanksgiving, we'll ingest lots of cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene. Although, this is not THE longest word in the English language, it is one of the longer words. And we'll certainly be eating our fair share tomorrow.
Posted by Kim @ 11/26/2003 01:50 PM MST
The answer is the chemical name for C1289H2051N343O375S8, aka tryptophan synthetase A protein. It has 1,913 letters:
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamyl-
serylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminyl-
leucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanyl-
phenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucyl-
glycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl-
serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucyliso-
leucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucyl-
glutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanyl-
serylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycyl-
prolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanyl-
threonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinyl-
phenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucyliso-
leucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonyliso-
leucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosyl-
alanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyl-
lysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalyl-
glycylvalylaspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartyl-
valylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolyl-
phenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginyl-
histidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanyl-
isoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartyl-
aspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryl-
tyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucyl-
leucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanyl-
glutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl-
glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucyl-
glutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanyl-
prolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylas-
partylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylseryl-
glycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucyl-
glutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl-
prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysyl-
valylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanyl-
alanylthreonylarginylserine.
Posted by Maynard @ 11/30/2003 07:33 PM MST
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