The chemical name for C1289H2051N343O375S8, a.k.a tryptophan synthetase A protein is (1,913 letters!):
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucyl-phenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylargi-nyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolyl-phenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolyl-glycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucylly-sylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylgluta-mylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylle-ucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartyl-prolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonyli-soleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucy-larginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalyl-threonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl-glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginyl-glutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolyl-isoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanlyla-sparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysyl-glycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylal-anylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl-aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalyl-prolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenyl-alanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhist-idylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanyl-isoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspa-rtylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucy-lalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreony-ltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalyl-threonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalany-lalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginyla-lanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenyl-alanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutamin-ylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycyl-alanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalany-lisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutamin-ylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyl-lysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl-alanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanyl-threonylarginylseri-ne

It is an enzyme having 267 amino acids!

(And please pardon me for what has happened to the width of your screen!)

(And please pardon me for editing your post Harish Exit10)

(And please pardon me for re-editing it! The first edit doesn't look like it took properly! Linda1)

(And here's harish_256, re-editing the post!)

I will have to try to work that into my next game of Scrabble

Harish,
You love these long words, as if the name of the enzyme itself wasn't enough.

So where would one be most likely to find this wondrous alphabetical monstrosity? Certainly not on the back of a shampoo bottle I will guarantee.

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Certainly not on the back of a shampoo bottle I will guarantee.

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I don't think so, my hair hasn't all fallen out -- yet!

Just to be difficult harish_256 the name does not follow the IUPAC convention and does not distinguish the many different isomers of the formula .

Sorry harish_256 it was a bit of a joke fallen flat rather than pedantry. What I meant was that C1289H2051N343O375S8 can potentially refer to several thousand compounds. The name <insert long name here> is still not completely specific and may referer to several dozen or even more compounds.

This is because there are a number of atoms in the compound which, due to thier configuration have two different forms which are mirror images of one another. These atoms are known as chiral centres. Each chiral centre can give rise to two different compounds.

I hope that explains what I was talking about.

Maybe the substance should carry a warning:

'The name of this product may create a need for severe horizontal scrolling when viewed by some brands of Internet Browser.'

Harish you have one letter out of place in the spelling.

Wow, I never thought I would see a word which is longer then this one place name which is thirteen words.