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apolipoprotein

apolipoprotein noun: any polypeptide or protein that can serve as an apoprotein by binding with a lipid to form a lipoprotein.

Noun

apolipoprotein (plural apolipoproteins)

  1. Any polypeptide or protein that can serve as an apoprotein by binding with a lipid to form a lipoprotein.

Forms of apolipoprotein

pluralapolipoproteins

Origin of apolipoprotein

From apo- + lipoprotein.

Words formed from apolipoprotein

Questions about apolipoprotein

What does apolipoprotein mean?
Apolipoprotein means any polypeptide or protein that can serve as an apoprotein by binding with a lipid to form a lipoprotein.
What part of speech is apolipoprotein?
Apolipoprotein is a noun.
What is the plural of apolipoprotein?
The plural of apolipoprotein is apolipoproteins.

Words near apolipoprotein in the dictionary

  1. Apolinario
  2. Apolinarios
  3. Apolinars
  4. apolipophorin
  5. apolipophorins
  6. apolipoprotein
  7. apolipoproteins
  8. apolitical
  9. apoliticality
  10. apolitically
  11. apoliticals

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