PHOSPHOPROTEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phosphoprotein mean? 

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

1. containing chemically bound phosphoric acid

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOSPHOPROTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Containing chemically bound phosphoric acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phosphoprotein"):

casein (a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes dual specificity protein phosphatase 3 protein, plays a role in the dephosphorylation of protein-tyrosine phosphates, protein-serine phosphates and phosphoproteins.

(DUSP3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A murine monoclonal antibody directed against the CD20 phosphoprotein, expressed on the cell surface of normal B-lymphocytes and B-cell lymphomas.

(Murine Monoclonal Antibody 2B8, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of cytosolic enzymes that specifically remove tyrosine-bound phosphate groups from many phosphoproteins, including many enzymes phosphorylated by a tyrosine kinase.

(Non-Receptor Type Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, NCI Thesaurus)

Nucleolin, a nucleolar phosphoprotein, is overexpressed on the cell surface of certain cancer cells and binds ligands involved in cell proliferation, adhesion and angiogenesis.

(Nucleolin Antagonist IPP-204106N, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase x protein, is involved in the dephosphorylation of phosphoproteins.

(DUSP22 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes dual specificity protein phosphatase 1 protein, is involved in the dephosphorylation of both protein tyrosine phosphates and phosphoproteins.

(DUSP1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The CMV pp65 protein (65 kDa lower matrix phosphoprotein), the primary component of the enveloped subviral particle, is an immunodominant target for helper and cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to CMV.

(Cytomegalovirus pp65-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

Acidic leucine-rich nuclear phosphoprotein 32 family member B (251 aa, ~29 kDa) is encoded by the human ANP32B gene.

(Acidic Leucine-Rich Nuclear Phosphoprotein 32 Family Member B, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes TATA-binding protein-associated phosphoprotein, is involved in the suppression of transcription.

(DR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Nucleophosmin is a nucleolar phosphoprotein that is more abundant in tumor cells than in normal resting cells.

(Nucleophosmin, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)