Protein at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Protein? A linear biomacromolecule synthesized by ribosomes and consisting of a chain of amino acids in peptide linkage. Intracellular proteins have structural, regulatory, and catalytic functions; proteins secreted by cells have, in addition, intercellular signal

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