Protein

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (ie: meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes. see carbohydrate and fat for the other two major classes

Synonyms

 * Thesaurus:protein

Meronyms

 * amino acid

Coordinate terms

 * carbohydrate
 * fat

Derived terms

 * green fluorescent protein
 * proteinic
 * proteinous

Thesaurus
albumin, albuminoid, amino acid, androcyte, antheridium, antherozoid, casein, chlorophyll, chromoprotein, collagen, dipeptide, edestin, elastin, fibroin, globin, globulin, glutenin, glycoprotein, hemoglobin, histone, ichthulin, interferon, lactalbumin, lecithoprotein, lipid, lipoprotein, lysozyme, male gamete, milt, mucin, nucleohistone, nucleoprotein, oryzenin, osseomucoid, peptide, peptone, phosphoaminolipide, phosphoprotein, pollen, prolamine, protamine, proteid, proteose, protide, salmine, scum, seed, semen, seminal fluid, serum globulin, sperm, sperm cell, spermagonium, spermatic fluid, spermatid, spermatiophore, spermatium, spermatocyte, spermatogonium, spermatophore, spermatozoa, spermatozoid, spermatozoon, tendomucin, thymus histone, zein

Etymology
Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein from πρωτεῖος: from πρῶτος:.

Translations

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 * German:
 * Greek: (proteíni)


 * Hebrew:
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 * Japanese: (, tanpakushitsu)
 * Malayalam: മാംസ്യം (maamsyam)
 * Polish:
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 * Serbian: belančevina
 * Spanish:
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 * Turkish: protein


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 * Greek: (proteíni)
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (, tanpakushitsu)
 * Pashto: پروټين
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: белок (b'elók), протеин (proteín)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * : proteino
 * : protéine


 * : 단백질
 * : proteína

Anagrams

 * interop, pointer, pterion, repoint, tropein, tropine

Noun

 * 1) protein

Synonyms

 * bílkovina

Noun
protein (uncountable)


 * 1) protein

Synonyms

 * äggviteämne