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Meaning of transcuprein | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A small protein with a specific role in plasma copper transport.

uncountable

Examples

“Albumin (about 69 kDa) has a very high affinity Cu(II) site at its N-terminus (Kd about 10−12 M) in most mammals; and transcuprein, which in humans is alpha-2-macroglobulin, has an even higher Cu affinity.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

transcurrence transcursion transcutaneous transcutol transcytosis Transdanubia