transcuprein

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noun

A small protein with a specific role in plasma copper transport.

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Meanings

nountranscuprein (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryA small protein with a specific role in plasma copper transport.

    Albumin (about 69 kDa) has a very high affinity Cu(II) site at its N-terminus (Kd about 10−12 M) in most mammals; and transcuprein, which in humans is alpha-2-macroglobulin, has an even higher Cu affinity.

    2016 March 3, “Mechanism of Copper Uptake from Blood Plasma Ceruloplasmin by Mammalian Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From trans- + cupro- + -in.

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