metalloantibody

plural metalloantibodies

1. An antibody that is modified to contain metal ions within its structure.

   The engineering of hydrolytic chemistry is one goal of metalloantibody experiments.

   1991, Advances in Protein Chemistry - Volume 42, page 346

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   Is the binding constant such that the metalloantibody holds together at zero metal concentration?

   2008, Derek J. Chadwick, Joan Marsh, Catalytic Antibodies, page 154

   Antibody 38G2 is a metalloantibody that incorporates mercury (II) as a Lewis acid cofactor.

   2013, Jerry L. Atwood, Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry, page 199