mucoprotein

English

Etymology

From muco- +‎ protein.

Noun

mucoprotein (countable and uncountable, plural mucoproteins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of widely-distributed natural compounds that exist as complexes of proteins with mucopolysaccharides.
    • 2013, K[eshav] C[handra] Pandey, Nirupama Agrawal, “History of Indian Work on Metacercariae”, in Metacercarial Fauna of India (Occasional Paper; 349), Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India, →ISBN, page 5:
      In Fasciola sp., the cyst wall consists of four layers, a layer of tanned protein, followed by a layer of mucoprotein and acid mucopolysaccaride.

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