protein
IPA: prˈoʊtin
noun
- (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.
- (nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (i.e. meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.
- (nutrition, countable) A food rich in protein, often a meat or meat substitute.
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Examples of "protein" in Sentences
- Antifreeze proteins are required.
- This hampers the secretion of the protein from the cell.
- A protein in the food is the most common allergic component.
- The biological properties of the protein is thereby altered.
- A faulty beta-globin protein is made, leading to severe anemia.
- The gene is not the protein and and the protein is not the gene.
- Animating proteins is useful to gain an idea of the 3D structure.
- Collagen is the protein that binds the cells of the dermis together.
- Prickle is another protein in the planar cell polarity signaling pathway.
- Protein and fat available in the food are converted to glucose in the body.
- The classic assay for protein concentration in food is the Kjeldahl method.
- In 1988, the government finally bans animal protein from all ruminant feed.
- We are already developing leguminous plants for what we call protein banks.
- They are remarkable high in protein, which is provided at a much higher efficiency rate than beef.
- Under the term protein are included the principal nitrogenous compounds which make bone, muscle and other material.
- Unfortunately, this protein is an obligate tetramer, making it less suitable fur use as an epitope tag than PA-GFP.
- It means that phosphate groups are coupled to a protein in such a way that the form and function of the protein is altered.
- When this protein is activated, it and another protein, calcineurin, trigger the physical changes that muscle cells undergo after intense exercise.
- Although the fluorescence emission spectrum of this protein is adequate for separation from DsRed, it tends to co-aggregate with DsRed and is far less bright.