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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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conjugated Protein

Literary usage of Conjugated protein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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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