simple protein
- noun
- Specialized
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proteína simple
- Globulins are one of seven classes of simple proteins.
Examples
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The "Martian" degenerated in a few hours to simple proteins and monosaccharides, remarkable enough coming from clay, quartz, and mineral-rich water, but hardly the stuff of romance.
Fiction book (1993) -
Simple proteins are constructed from amino acids and contain no non-protein substances.
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In nutritional studies, researchers often analyze simple proteins for their amino acid profiles.
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally transparent: a learner who knows 'simple' (not complex/only) and 'protein' can infer it denotes a protein that lacks additional non-protein groups (i.e., a not-complex protein). The detailed biochemical formulation about yielding only amino acids on hydrolysis is specialised, but the basic meaning is directly derivable from the constituents and follows standard adjective+noun composition.
Etymology
Simple protein: The name simple protein means a protein with nothing extra attached, like a plain sandwich with no toppings. When it is broken down it gives 'only amino acids' and 'no non-protein groups', so the name helps show why the protein is called 'simple'.
