mutein

English

Etymology

Blend of mutate +‎ protein.

Noun

mutein (plural muteins)

1. (biochemistry) A protein with an altered amino acid sequence.
   • 1992, Tumor Necrosis Factors‎^[1]:

     Isoelectric focusing (IEF) of the muteins under nondenaturing conditions confirmed this prediction (19).

   • 1996, Protein & Peptide Letters - Aug 1996‎^[2], page 237:

     All of the muteins exhibited the expected apparent molecular weight of around 25 kDa.

Anagrams

• minuet, minute, munite, mutine, untime