(organic chemistry) An anion derived from a protein. / (chemistry) Any metal salt derived from a protein.

plural of proteinate

proteinaceous

proteinaceous

(biochemistry, countable) 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.

plural of protein

A substance made of silver and albumin, used in carbohydrate electron microscopy and historically to treat gonorrhea before the discovery of antibiotics.

(biochemistry) An iron-sulfur protein component of cytochrome complexes.

(biochemistry) Any inactive protein that can be activated by posttranslational modification

(biology) A part of protein sequence and structure that can evolve, function, and exist independently of the rest of the protein chain.