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proteosome

proteosome is the alternative spelling of proteasome.

Meaning of proteasome

Noun

proteasome (plural proteasomes)

  1. A complex protein, found in bacterial, archeal and eukaryotic cells, that breaks down other proteins via proteolysis.
    Synonyms:
    prosome

Forms of proteosome

pluralproteosomes

Questions about proteosome

What is proteosome the alternative spelling of?
Proteosome is the alternative spelling of proteasome.

Words near proteosome in the dictionary

  1. proteose
  2. proteoses
  3. proteosis
  4. proteosomal
  5. proteosomally
  6. proteosome
  7. proteosomes
  8. proteosomic
  9. proteostasis
  10. proteostatic
  11. proteostatically

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