Protein

See also: protein

German

Etymology

Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteîos, “primary”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), with a suffix derived from Latin -īnus.

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Noun

Protein n (strong, genitive Proteins, plural Proteine)

(biochemistry, nutrition) protein
Synonym: Eiweiß

Declension

Declension of Protein [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Protein	die	Proteine
genitive	eines	des	Proteins	der	Proteine
dative	einem	dem	Protein	den	Proteinen
accusative	ein	das	Protein	die	Proteine

Hyponyms

Glykoprotein, Membranprotein, Plasmaprotein, Selenoprotein, Serumprotein, Spikeprotein, Strukturprotein

Related terms

Proteinbindungsdomäne
Proteindomäne
Proteinfällung
Proteinmolekül
Proteinsynthese

Further reading

“Protein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Protein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Protein” in Duden online

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