glycoprotein

See also: Glycoprotein

English

Etymology

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Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der.

English glyco-

English protein

English glycoprotein

From glyco- + protein.

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Noun

glycoprotein (plural glycoproteins)

1. (biochemistry) A protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates.
   • 2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 13:

     Their skeletons are built on the framework of a secreted glycoprotein matrix, most commonly cemented together with secreted calcium carbonate to form a shell, but sometimes imbedded with gathered foreign mineral particles.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

• acidoglycoprotein
• asialoglycoprotein
• galactoglycoprotein
• glycoproteinaceous
• glycoproteome
• lipoglycoprotein
• microglycoprotein
• mucoglycoprotein
• neoglycoprotein
• ovoglycoprotein
• phosphoglycoprotein
• phospholipoglycoprotein
• sialoglycoprotein

Translations

protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates

• Bulgarian: гликопротеин m (glikoprotein)
• Catalan: glicoproteïna
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖蛋白 (zh) (tángdànbái)

• Finnish: glykoproteiini
• French: glycoprotéine (fr) f
• German: Glykoproteine
• Greek: γλυκοπρωτεΐνη (el) f (glykoproteḯni)
• Italian: glicoproteina (it) f
• Japanese: 糖タンパク質 (糖蛋白質, とうたんぱくしつ, tōtanpakushitsu)
• Portuguese: glicoproteína
• Romanian: glicoproteină f
• Russian: гликопротеин (ru) (glikoprotein)
• Spanish: glicoproteína f
• Swedish: glykoprotein
• Turkish: glikoprotein

See also

• glycopeptide
• glycopolypeptide
• sericin