English Explanatory Dictionary

proteasome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A complex protein, found in bacterial, archeal and eukaryotic cells, that breaks down other proteins via proteolysis.

Word forms

proteasome proteasomes proteosome

Etymology

From protease + -some.

Synonyms

prosome

Derived words

immunoproteasome proteasomal proteasomic spermatoproteasome thymoproteasome
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