GLYCOPROTEIN


Meaning of GLYCOPROTEIN in English

| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷+ noun

Etymology: glyc- + protein

: any of a group of complex compounds containing sugar units or polysaccharides combined usually covalently with amino acid units or polypeptides and including many common albumins and globulins (as egg albumin, some serum albumins, and some serum globulins) — called also glycopeptide ; compare mucoprotein

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