GLYCOPROTEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glycoprotein mean? 

• GLYCOPROTEIN (noun)
  The noun GLYCOPROTEIN has 1 sense:

1. a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component

  Familiarity information: GLYCOPROTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLYCOPROTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("glycoprotein" is a kind of...):

compound protein; conjugated protein (a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glycoprotein"):

mucin (a nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces)

erythropoietin (a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells)

CD4; cluster of differentiation 4 (a glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of helper T cells)

CD8; cluster of differentiation 8 (a membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of cytotoxic T cells)

lectin (any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus)

mucoid (any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin)

 Context examples 

A synthetic antibody targeted against a cell surface glycoprotein (gp74) on a human c-Ha-ras oncogene transformed cell line.

(Monoclonal Antibody 45-2D9, NCI Thesaurus)

A murine IgG1 monoclonal antibody directed against Lewis Y antigen and related carbohydrate antigens of cell surface glycoproteins found in many tumor cells.

(Monoclonal Antibody B3, NCI Thesaurus)

The Fab fragment of the B6.2 monoclonal antibody that recognizes the B6.2 antigen, a 90,000-d glycoprotein found on the surface of human mammary tumors.

(Monoclonal Antibody B6.2 F(ab'), NCI Thesaurus)

A mouse monoclonal antibody of the immunoglobulin G kappa subclass directed against the tumor-associated glycoprotein TAG-72.

(Monoclonal Antibody B72.3F(ab), NCI Thesaurus)

Found on virtually every cell, MHC (Major Histocompatibility, HLA) Class-I (Antigens) Proteins consist of noncovalently bound polymorphic 44-kDa MHC membrane glycoprotein and nonpolymorphic 12-kDa b2-microglobulin.

(MHC Class I Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

CD37, a transmembrane glycoprotein, is overexpressed in B-cell malignancies.

(Anti-CD37 Antibody-Drug Conjugate IMGN529, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent may also modulate multi-drug response activity through inhibition of the p-glycoprotein efflux pump.

(Amlodipine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent appears to not be a substrate for the p-glycoprotein associated multidrug-resistance (MDR) transporter; therefore, overcoming the resistance pattern seen with other anthracycline compounds.

(Annamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

CD22, a cell surface glycoprotein, is expressed on mature B-cells and on most malignant B-cells.

(Anti-CD22 Monoclonal Antibody-MMAE Conjugate DCDT2980S, NCI Thesaurus)

Any monoclonal antibody directed against the cell surface glycoprotein CD3, regardless of the antibody type.

(Anti-CD3 Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)