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metalloregulator

noun

Etymology

From metallo- + regulator.

  1. borrowed from regulatus
  2. suffixed as regulator — “regulate + or”
  3. prefixed as metalloregulator — “metallo + regulator”

Definitions

  1. Any protein that regulates biochemical interactions with metals, often by binding to them

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