LACTALBUMIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lactalbumin mean? 

• LACTALBUMIN (noun)
  The noun LACTALBUMIN has 1 sense:

1. albumin occurring in milk

  Familiarity information: LACTALBUMIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACTALBUMIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Albumin occurring in milk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lactalbumin" is a kind of...):

albumen; albumin (a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes alpha-lactalbumin protein, is involved in the modulation of lactose synthesis in the mammary gland.

(LALBA wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

In the presence of alpha-lactalbumin, galactosyltransferase substrate specificity is switched to use glucose, resulting in lactose production rather than N-acetyllactosamine.

(Lactose Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Alpha-lactalbumin (142 aa, ~16 kDa) is encoded by the human LALBA gene.

(Alpha-Lactalbumin, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to high titers of anti-pathogen specific antibodies, hyperimmune colostrum is also rich in other immune factors, proline-rich polypeptides (PRP), lactoferrin, glycoproteins, lactalbumins, cytokines, growth factors, vitamins, and minerals.

(Hyperimmune Bovine Colostrum, NCI Thesaurus)

The complete lactose synthase complex includes galactosyltransferase and another non-catalytic subunit, alpha-lactalbumin.

(Lactose Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The folding of alpha-lactalbumin, which is related to lysozyme, has been studied extensively as a model of the mechanisms involved in protein folding.

(Lactose Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)