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Definition of Chromoprotein
1. Noun. (protein) Any protein, such as haemoglobin, that has a metal-containing pigmented group such as haem. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chromoprotein
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Chromoprotein
1. One of a group of conjugated proteins, consisting of a combination of pigment (i.e., a coloured prosthetic group) with a protein; e.g., haemoglobin. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromoprotein
Literary usage of Chromoprotein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nutrition and Diet: A Textbook for Secondary Schools by Emma Conley (1913)
"The proteins are albumins, globulins, but mostly compound proteins as nucleoprotein,
chromoprotein, ..."
2. Essentials of Physiology by Francis Arthur Bainbridge, James Acworth Menzies (1916)
"... gluco- 1 protein, and chromoprotein, and each consists of a protein combined
with I another body called the prosthetic group. ..."
3. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"They are still predominantly basic, however, and occur in cellular tissues,
combined with nucleic acid, and in the chromoprotein, hemoglobin, combined with ..."
4. The Elements of Animal Physiology by William Alexander Osborne (1909)
"The chief chromoprotein is HEMOGLOBIN, which is a compound of protein and a
substance called haematin. ..."
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