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prosthetic group
noun
Biochemistry.
- the nonprotein acid constituent of a conjugate protein, as the heme group of hemoglobin.
prosthetic group
noun
- the nonprotein component of a conjugated protein, such as the lipid group in a lipoprotein
prosthetic group
- The nonprotein component of a conjugated protein, as the heme group in hemoglobin.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prosthetic group1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Autenrieth, F., Tajkhorshid, E., Baudry, J. & Luthey-Schulten, Z. Classical force field parameters for the heme prosthetic group of cytochrome c.
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Proteids.—These substances are combinations of one or more albumins with a radical of an essentially different nature, termed by Kossel a ``prosthetic group.''
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