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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A protein, such as a globulin or histone, that yields only amino acids upon hydrolysis.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed

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  • “Despite ten million years of evolution with quadrillions of fish under relentless, life-and-death selective pressure, the Antarctic antifreeze protein does not have anything like the sophistication and complexity even of such a simple protein as hemoglobin, let alone that of the stupendous, multiprotein systems that are plentiful in nature.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Edge of Evolution

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  1. protein

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  1. albumin
  2. albumen
  1. actin
  2. albuminoid
  1. globin
  2. histone
  1. protamine
  2. glutelin
  1. haematohiston
  2. prolamine
  1. hematohiston
  2. globulin
  1. scleroprotein

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  1. prolamine
  1. protamine
  1. scleroprotein
  1. glutelin
  1. histone
  1. albumen
  1. albumin
  1. albuminoid
  1. virus

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