avidin

English

Etymology

From Latin avidus (“hungry”) +‎ -in, based on its "hunger" for biotin.

Noun

avidin (countable and uncountable, plural avidins)

1. (biology) A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.

Derived terms

• avidinated
• monoavidin
• tamavidin
• xenavidin
• zebavidin

Translations

protein

• Finnish: avidiini
• Italian: avidina (it)

Anagrams

• Vidian