chemical proteomics
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]chemical proteomics (uncountable)
- A scientific discipline devoted to elucidating protein function in a native biological setting using small molecule chemical tools.
- 2016, Jennifer Viegas, “Profile of Benjamin Cravatt”, in PNAS[1], page 1109:
- The work of Cravatt and his colleagues on the endocannabinoid system led to interest in the then-nascent field of chemical proteomics, a multidisciplinary science that aims to develop and apply chemical tools to annotate the functions of proteins like FAAH within their native biological environment.