PROTEINACEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proteinaceous mean? 

• PROTEINACEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective PROTEINACEOUS has 1 sense:

1. relating to or of the nature of protein

  Familiarity information: PROTEINACEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTEINACEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or of the nature of protein

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)

Derivation:

protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)

 Context examples 

Specialized depressions on the cell surface involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis; the visible proteinaceous layer on the cytosolic side of the depression provides the coated appearance.

(Coated Pit, NCI Thesaurus)

Network of proteinaceous structural elements in the nucleus, comparable to the cytoskeleton of the cytoplasm, responsible for large- scale translocations such as chromosome movement, spliceosome and mRNA transport, etc.

(Nuclear Matrix, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Characterized histologically by proteinaceous deposits on the glomerular capillary basement membrane or by thickening of the membrane; clinically similar to chronic glomerulonephritis, occasionally with transient nephrotic syndrome.

(Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

The nuclear lamina is a proteinaceous filamentous meshwork of lamin proteins interacting with integral proteins of the inner nuclear membrane, including emerin, and is thought to play a role in nuclear stability, chromatin structure, and gene expression.

(Nuclear Lamina, NCI Thesaurus)