Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peripheral membrane protein

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: pe-riph-er-al mem-brane pro-tein
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of proteins that adhere only temporarily to the biological membrane with which they are associated.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2000. Lodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, et al. Molecular Cell Biology. 4th edition. New York: W. H. Freeman; 2000. Section 3.4, Membrane Proteins. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21570/ Peripheral membrane proteins, or extrinsic proteins, do not interact with the hydrophobic core of the phospholipid bilayer."
"Peripheral membrane proteins can attach to the surface of the plasmalemma by ionic interactions with an integral protein, another peripheral membrane protein, or by interaction with the polar head groups of the phospholipids."

Usage

Inflected Forms

peripheral membrane proteins (plural)

Synonyms

extrinsic protein

Questions

What does peripheral membrane protein mean?: Any of a class of proteins that adhere only temporarily to the biological membrane with which they are associated.

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