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Definition of Mucoprotein
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mucoprotein
1. General term for a protein-polysaccharide complex, usually implying that the protein component is the major part of the complex, in contradistinction to mucopolysaccharide; mucoprotein's include the a1-and a2-globulins of serum (and others). Sometimes called glycoproteins, although this term usually refers to those mucoproteins's containing less than 4% carbohydrate. Tamm-Horsfall mucoprotein, the matrix of urinary casts derived from the secretion of renal tubular cells. (05 Mar 2000)
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