Protein

== German == === Etymology === Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteîos, “primary”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), with a suffix derived from Latin -īnus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁoteˈiːn/, /pʁoteˈʔiːn/ === Noun === Protein n (strong, genitive Proteins, plural Proteine) (biochemistry, nutrition) protein Synonym: Eiweiß ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Glykoprotein, Membranprotein, Plasmaprotein, Selenoprotein, Signalprotein, Serumprotein, Spikeprotein, Strukturprotein ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Protein”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Protein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Protein” in Duden online