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Definition: Glycoprotein |
GlycoproteinNoun1. A conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A protein that has sugar molecules attached to it. (references) |
Medicine | A conjugated protein, containing one ore more carbohydrate residues, which is an important component of the plasma membrane, as well as of mucin and chondroitin. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A glycoprotein is a macromolecule composed of a protein and a carbohydrate (a sugar). The carbohydrate is usually attached to the protein in a posttranslational modification, at either asparagine, hydroxylysine, serine, or threonine. Possible carbohydrates include glucose, glucosamine, galactose, galactosamine, mannose, fucose, and sialic acid.The sugar group can assist in protein folding or improve its stability. Glycoproteins are often used in proteins that are at least in part located in extracellular space (that is, outside the cell). Glycoproteins are important for immune cell recognition whi), especially in mammals. Examples of glycoproteins in the immune system are molecules of the major histocompatibility complex or MHC, which are expressed on the surface of cells and interact with T-cells as part of the adaptive immune response.
Soluble glycoproteins often show a high viscosity, for example, in egg white and blood plasma.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Glycoprotein."
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 | Ruthenium red stains the sugar portions of the glycoprotein molecules. Credit: CDC. |  | Bullet-shaped virion is covered with 10-nm glycoprotein spikes. Ribonucleoprotein is composed of RNA encased in nucleoprotein (yellow), phosphorylated or phosphoprotein (orange), and polymerase (gray). Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | C. Notice the glycoprotein spikes in the outer membrane bilayer. (references) | |
Rabies virions are bullet-shaped with 10-nm spike-like glycoprotein peplomers covering the surface. (references) | ||
The M-RNP complex binds with the glycoprotein, and the completed virus buds from the plasma membrane. (references) | ||
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| "Glycoprotein" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glycoprotein" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 61 | 43,149 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "glycoprotein": Carbohydrate-Deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome ♦ CD4 glycoprotein ♦ CD8 glycoprotein ♦ glycoprotein 120 ♦ glycoprotein 41 ♦ Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein ♦ Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex ♦ Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex ♦ T4 glycoprotein ♦ T8 glycoprotein ♦ variable surface glycoprotein ♦ variant surface glycoprotein. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "glycoprotein": glycoprotein-binding. | |
Ending with "glycoprotein": P-glycoprotein, Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoprotein. | |
Containing "glycoprotein": Mannosyl-Glycoprotein Endo-beta-N-Acetylglucosaminidase. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
glycoprotein | 13 |
p glycoprotein | 4 |
carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome | 4 |
glycoprotein hormone | 2 |
glycoprotein platelet | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "glycoprotein"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 糖蛋白. (various references) | |
Danish | glycoprotein (glucoproteins, Gp, mucoproteins). (various references) | |
Dutch | glycoproteïne (glucoproteins, Gp, mucoproteins). (various references) | |
Finnish | glykoproteiini gp120 (glycoprotein 120), ulkoinen glykoproteiini (glycoprotein 120, GP120, Gp120 molecule, gp120 protein). (various references) | |
French | Gp (glide path, glucoproteins), glycoprotéine (glucoproteins), glycoprotéide (glucoproteins), glucoprotéine (glucoproteins), glucoprotéide (glucoproteins), mucoprotéide (glucoproteins). (various references) | |
German | Glycoprotein (glucoproteins, Gp, mucoproteins). (various references) | |
Greek | gp120 (glycoprotein 120), γλυκοπρωτεϊνη T4 (glycoprotein 41, GP41, Gp41 molecule, gp41 protein), γλυκοπρωτεϊνη ΙΙης τάξης του ΜΣΙ (class II mhc glycoprotein), γλυκοπρωτεϊνη IIης τάξης του μείζονος συμπλέγματος ιστοσυμβατότητας (class II mhc glycoprotein), γλυκοπρωτεϊνη CD4 (glycoprotein 41, GP41, Gp41 molecule, gp41 protein), γλυκοπρωτεϊνη 120 (glycoprotein 120, GP120, Gp120 molecule, gp120 protein), γλυκοπρωτεΐνη απλής αλύσου (single chain glycoprotein), εξωμεμβρανική γλυκοπρωτεϊνη (glycoprotein 120, GP120, Gp120 molecule, gp120 protein). (various references) | |
Italian | glicoproteina (glucoproteins, Gp, mucoproteins). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ycoproteinglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glicoproteína (glucoproteins, glycoprotein 120, Gp, GP120, Gp120 molecule, gp120 protein, mucoproteins). (various references) | |
Spanish | glucoproteína (glucoproteins, Gp, mucoproteins), glicoproteína (glucoproteins, Gp, mucoproteins). (various references) | |
Swedish | gp 41 (glycoprotein 41), gp 120 (glycoprotein 120), glykoprotein 41 (glycoprotein 41), glykoprotein 120 (glycoprotein 120), klass II-MHC-glykoprotein (class II mhc glycoprotein). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glycoprotein": glycoproteins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: petrologic, precooling. | |
-3 letters: coopering, coprolite, genotypic, geotropic, necrology, necropoli, petrology, polygenic, pyrogenic, recopying, retooling. | |
-4 letters: cetology, cogently, coloring, cooeying, cooingly, coopting, cryolite, entropic, epicotyl, etiology, geoponic, gerontic, glycerin, gonocyte, inceptor, leprotic, leptonic, lipocyte, logotype, neologic, orogenic, pecorino, penology, petrolic, plectron, pliotron, polyenic, princely, prolonge, protonic, pyogenic, replicon, replying, retyping, terpinol, trooping. | |
-5 letters: cleping, clinger. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: glycoproteins. | |
+4 letters: organoleptically. | |
+5 letters: micropaleontology, morphogenetically, neuropsychologist. | |
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