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protein
 
Noun protein has 1 sense
  1. protein - any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes; "a diet high in protein"
    --1 is a kind of     macromolecule, supermolecule
    --1 is a substance of meat; egg, eggs; milk; legume
    --1 has substances: amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid; polypeptide
    --1 has particulars:
     capsid; gluten; actomyosin; aleurone; amyloid; apoenzyme; conjugated protein, compound protein; enzyme; fibrin; growth factor; hatoglobin; iodoprotein, iodinated protein; nucleoprotein; opsin; phosphoprotein; plasma protein; prostate specific antigen, PSA; proteome; simple protein; cytokine; ferritin; antibody
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