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apoprotein

noun

Etymology

From apo- + protein.

  1. derived from πρωτεῖος
  2. derived from Protein
  3. borrowed from protéine
  4. prefixed as apoprotein — “apo + protein”

Definitions

  1. The polypeptide part of a conjugated protein

    The polypeptide part of a conjugated protein; for example, an apolipoprotein plus a lipid particle yields a lipoprotein.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for apoprotein. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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