Medical Definition of Amyloid protein

1. Glycoprotein deposited extracellularly in tissues in amyloidosis. The glycoprotein may either derive from light chain of immunoglobulin (AIO (amyloid of immune origin): 5-18 kD glycoprotein, product of a single clone of plasma cells, the N terminal part of lambda or kappa light chain) or, in what used to be referred to as AUO, amyloid of unknown origin, from serum amyloid A (SAA), one of the acute phase proteins that increases many fold in inflammation. The polypeptides are organised as a _ pleated sheet making the material rather inert and insoluble. Minor protein components are also found. Should be distinguished from _ amyloid deposited in the brain and that is derived from amyloid precursor protein (22 Feb 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amyloid Protein

amyloglucosidases
amyloid
amyloid A-degrading serine protease
amyloid angiopathy
amyloid beta-protein
amyloid beta-protein precursor
amyloid bodies of the prostate
amyloid corpuscle
amyloid degeneration
amyloid nephrosis
amyloid neuropathies
amyloid p component
amyloid plaque
amyloid precursor protein
amyloid protein (current term)
amyloid protein aa
amyloid protein plaque
amyloid protein saa
amyloid tumour
amyloidal
amyloidogenesis
amyloidogenic
amyloidogenic glycoprotein
amyloidoses
amyloidosis
amyloidosis: bone manifestations
amyloidosis: gastrointestinal manifestations
amyloidosis cutis
amyloidosis of multiple myeloma

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