Definition of Phosphoprotein

1. Noun. Containing chemically bound phosphoric acid.

Generic synonyms: Protein
Specialized synonyms: Casein

Definition of Phosphoprotein

1. Noun. (protein) Any protein containing bound phosphate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phosphoprotein

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phosphoprotein

1. Proteins that contain phosphate groups esterified to serine, threonine or tyrosine (s, T or Y). The phosphate group usually regulates protein function. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphoprotein

phosphonous acid
phosphonovaleric
phosphonylated acetylcholinesterase
phosphopantetheine
phosphopenia
phosphopentomutase
phosphopentomutases
phosphopentose epimerase
phosphopentose isomerase
phosphopeptide
phosphopeptides
phosphophorin
phosphophyllite
phosphophyllites
phosphoplipid
phosphoprotein (current term)
phosphoprotein phosphatase
phosphoproteinomics
phosphoproteins
phosphoproteome
phosphoproteomes
phosphoproteomic
phosphoproteomics
phosphopyruvate hydratase
phosphor
phosphor-bronze
phosphor-roesslerite
phosphor bronze
phosphor plate
phosphoramidate

Literary usage of Phosphoprotein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Bergink and Wallace (17) have also identified a 200-250000 A/r phosphoprotein in estrogen-treated roosters. It seems possible that the calcium-binding ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"The pancreas alone of the tissues examined contained phosphoprotein, the amount of phosphorus present in this form being about 3 per cent of the total ..."

3. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"The presence of a phosphoprotein is, therefore, undoubted, but whether true mucin is present or not cannot be stated with certainty. ..."

4. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"C8 Differential expression of the psbB and psbH genes encoding the 47 kDa chlorophyll a-protein and the 10 kDa phosphoprotein of photosystem II during ..."

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