protein
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See also: Protein
Etymology
Suggested by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in a letter to Gerardus Johannes Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein, both coined based on Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteîos, “primary”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
protein (countable and uncountable, plural proteins)
- (biochemistry, countable) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:protein
- Meronym: amino acid
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 534:
- Proteins carry out the bulk of cellular functions, including relaying signals, providing structural support, and accelerating biochemical reactions.
- (nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:protein
- Coordinate terms: carbohydrate, fat
- (nutrition, countable) A food rich in protein, often a meat or meat substitute.
- 2015 April 29, Mandy Unanski Enright, “One Meal, Two Proteins”, in Nutrition Nuptials, archived from the original on 11 April 2019:
- The preparation style should be the same for both proteins so that the side dishes compliment the meal.
Derived terms
- acute-phase protein
- alloprotein
- animal protein factor
- apoprotein
- azoprotein
- Bence Jones protein
- bioprotein
- bone morphogenetic protein
- calciprotein
- carrier protein
- cerebroprotein
- checkpoint protein
- chondroprotein
- chromoprotein
- cI protein
- cobaltoprotein
- complement protein
- complete protein
- conjugated protein
- corticoprotein
- C-reactive protein
- cryoprotein
- cuproprotein
- cystoprotein
- cytoprotein
- dyslipoproteinaemia
- dysproteinaemia
- ectoprotein
- ERM protein family
- exoprotein
- ferroprotein
- fetoprotein
- flavoprotein
- fluoroprotein
- fusion protein
- galactoprotein
- glial fibrillary acidic protein
- glycoprotein
- G protein
- G-protein
- green fluorescent protein
- GTP-binding protein
- heat shock protein
- hemeprotein
- hemiprotein
- hepatoprotein
- heteroprotein
- holoprotein
- homeoprotein
- homoprotein
- human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity
- hydrolyzed vegetable protein
- immunoprotein
- integral membrane protein
- interprotein
- intraprotein
- intrinsic protein
- iron-sulfur protein
- iron-sulphur protein
- isoprotein
- lactoprotein
- leaf protein
- leaf protein concentrate
- lipoprotein
- lymphoprotein
- macroprotein
- mannoprotein
- matrix protein
- megaprotein
- melanoprotein
- membrane protein
- metalloprotein
- metaprotein
- microprotein
- miniprotein
- molybdoprotein
- motor protein
- mucoprotein
- multiprotein
- mutant protein
- mutein
- mycoprotein
- myelin protein zero
- myoprotein
- naked protein
- nascent protein
- neuroprotein
- nitroprotein
- nitrosoprotein
- nonprotein
- normoprotein
- nucleoprotein
- oncoprotein
- paraprotein
- peripheral membrane protein
- phosphoprotein
- photoprotein
- phytoprotein
- plasma protein
- pneumoprotein
- polyprotein
- preprotein
- prion protein
- proats
- pro-protein
- proprotein
- protease
- proteinaceous
- proteinase
- proteinate
- protein binder
- protein complex
- protein domain
- proteinemia
- proteinic
- protein isolate
- protein kinase
- proteinless
- proteinlike
- proteinogenesis
- proteinogenic
- proteinogram
- proteinoid
- proteinomics
- proteinomimetic
- proteinopathy
- proteinoplast
- proteinosis
- proteinous
- protein phosphorylation
- protein powder
- protein shake
- protein sorting
- protein subunit
- proteinuria
- proteome
- proteomics
- proteose
- protomer
- protose
- pseudoprotein
- quinohaemoprotein
- quinoprotein
- retinoblastoma protein
- riboprotein
- Rieske protein
- scaffold protein
- scleroprotein
- selenoprotein
- seroprotein
- single-strand binding protein
- spike protein
- S-protein
- storage protein
- SUMO protein
- superprotein
- tau protein
- textured vegetable protein
- transmembrane protein
- transport protein
- transprotein
- vanadium-associated protein
- xanthoprotein
- xenoprotein
- xylosylprotein
Related terms
Translations
biochemistry: complex molecule
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class of food
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References
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Protein”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
Further reading
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protein on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
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