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A simple protein found in fish sperm
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protamine
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n. a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin
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Protamines are small, arginine -rich, nuclear proteins that replace histones late in the haploid phase of spermatogenesis and are believed essential for sperm head condensation and DNA stabilization. They may allow for denser packaging of DNA in spermatozoon ...
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n. (context biochemistry English) any of a class of proteins, rich in arginine, found in the sperm of fish; used medicinally to control the action of insulin
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It had deposited arginine-rich sperm protamine through the coiled alpha-helices of the embryo's cells.
It had deposited arginine-rich sperm protamine through the coiled alpha-helices of the embryo's cells.