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Definition of Conjugated protein

1. Noun. A protein complex combining amino acids with other substances.

Definition of Conjugated protein

1. Noun. (protein) Any protein that consists of both a polypeptide and a prosthetic group such as a lipid (in lipoproteins), sugar (in glycoproteins) or porphyrins and metals (in hemoglobin etc) ¹

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Medical Definition of Conjugated protein

1. A protein that contains atleast one prosthetic group. (09 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Conjugated protein

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1. Handbook of Physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1913)
"The pigment is by far the most abundant and important of the constituents of the red corpuscles. It is a conjugated protein, a compound of protein with the ..."

2. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"The protein combined with the nucleic acid is in certain cases a histone, the conjugated protein in this case being called a ..."

3. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"The substance haemocyanin, which is found in the blood of molluscs and Crustacea, has been regarded as a similar conjugated protein, but more recent work ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"It is termed a conjugated protein, consisting of a protein (globin) in combination with the iron containing material termed ..."

5. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"The organic matrix of cartilage consists of two proteins. one of which is a conjugated protein formed by a simple protein united with ..."

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