Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intrinsic protein

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: in-trin-sic pro-tein
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protein (or group of proteins) permanently attached to a biological membrane by interactions between its hydrophobic dimer units and the phospholipids of the membrane

Inflected Forms

intrinsic proteins (plural)

Synonyms

integral membrane protein

Questions

What does intrinsic protein mean?: A protein (or group of proteins) permanently attached to a biological membrane by interactions between its hydrophobic dimer units and the phospholipids of the membrane

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