different between protein vs multienzyme

English

Etymology

Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein, both coined based on Ancient Greek ???????? (pr?teîos, “primary”), from ?????? (prôtos, “first”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???ti.?n/, /?p???ti?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o?ti?n/

Noun

protein (countable and uncountable, plural proteins)

1. (biochemistry, countable) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:protein

   Meronym: amino acid

2. (nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (i.e. meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:protein

   Coordinate terms: carbohydrate, fat

3. (nutrition, countable) A food rich in protein, often a meat or meat substitute.

Derived terms

• green fluorescent protein
• plasma protein
• proteinaceous
• proteinic
• proteinous

Related terms

• proteic

Translations

Further reading

• protein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• protein on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

References

Anagrams

• Petrino, Petroni, Pointer, interop, pointer, pterion, repoint, tropein, tropine

Czech

Noun

protein m inan

1. protein

   Synonym: bílkovina

Hungarian

Etymology

From English protein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?prot?jin]
• Hyphenation: pro?te?in
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

protein (plural proteinek)

1. protein

Declension

References

Further reading

• protein in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein or proteiner, definite plural proteina or proteinene)

1. protein

References

• “protein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein, definite plural proteina)

1. protein

References

• “protein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

protein n (uncountable)

1. protein

Declension

Synonyms

• äggviteämne

Anagrams

• entropi, inropet

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French protéine.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pro?te?in

Noun

protein (definite accusative proteini, plural proteinler)

1. (biochemistry) protein

Declension

English

Etymology

multi- +? enzyme

Noun

multienzyme (plural multienzymes)

1. (biochemistry) Any protein having two or more catalytic functions

Adjective

multienzyme (comparative more multienzyme, superlative most multienzyme)

1. Containing multiple enzymes