protein component

collocation in English

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protein
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.tiːn/us
/ˈproʊ.tiːn/
one of the many substances found in food such as meat, cheese, fish, or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow and ...
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component
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/us
/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
a part that combines with other parts to form ...
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(Definition ofproteinandcomponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Opsin is theproteincomponentof visual pigment and an integral membrane protein.
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Kossel showed that the substance, called nuclein, consisted of aproteincomponentand a non-proteincomponent.
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The nature of theproteincomponentin the egg-shell is discussed.
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The present investigation shows that laboratory adaptation may require considerable physiological adjustment to theproteincomponentof the artificial laboratory diet that is provided for adult flies.
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This, in turn, facilitates the binding and activation of a peripheral membraneproteincomponentof a signal transduction pathway that is essential for the completion of germination.
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Theproteincomponentof surfactant helps in the modulation of the innate immune response, and inflammatory processes.
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It has been postulated that the activity of p54nrb, aproteincomponent, is dependent on its localization.
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Albumen made from theproteincomponentof blood has been used in the plywood industry.
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The main source material of gelatin from these animal parts is the protein known as collagen, the majorproteincomponentof our tendons and skin.
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Alpha-lactalbumin is the primaryproteincomponentof human milk.
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Ohanin, aproteincomponentof the venom, causes hypolocomotion and hyperalgesia in mammals.
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On electrophoresis, theproteincomponentof the blood is separated by electric current.
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The hardening of theproteincomponentof insect cuticle has been shown to be due to the tanning action of an agent produced by oxidation of a phenolic substance.
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But they appear to require their protein components to fold correctly and therefore to be catalytic in vivo.
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Thisproteincomponentis called collagen.
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The inhibition of fertilisation by the intact receptor was observed even after its removal from the membrane and separation from other protein components.
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Several major membrane protein components of the paranodal junctions have been identified.
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Therefore, it is necessary to determine each role endowed to individual protein components.
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The remarkable functional conservation of cell-to-cell coupling throughout the animal kingdom, however, is not matched at the molecular level of the structural protein components.
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Clear resolution of protein components of all clones tested as well as that of the mixed population were obtained after fluorography.
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