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GLYCOPROTEIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does glycoprotein mean?

• GLYCOPROTEIN (noun)
The noun GLYCOPROTEIN has 1 sense:

1. a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component

Familiarity information: GLYCOPROTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GLYCOPROTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

glycoprotein ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("glycoprotein" is a kind of...):

compound protein; conjugated protein (a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glycoprotein"):

mucin (a nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces)

erythropoietin (a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells)

CD4; cluster of differentiation 4 (a glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of helper T cells)

CD8; cluster of differentiation 8 (a membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of cytotoxic T cells)

lectin (any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus)

mucoid (any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin)

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