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Chondroprotein
chondroprotein[¦kän·drō′prō‚tēn] (biochemistry) A protein (glycoprotein) occurring normally in cartilage. Chondroprotein a protein-carbohydrate compound of the mucoprotein type, containing chondroitinsulfuric acids as the carbohydrate component. Chondroproteins are the basic components of cartilaginous and bony tissue. chondroprotein
chondroprotein A generic term for a glycoprotein normally found in cartilage—e.g., chondroitin sulphate—which degrades to chondroitic acid; it is little used in the working medical parlance.chondroprotein (kŏn-drō-prō′tē-ĭn) [″ + protos, first] Any of a group of glucoproteins found in cartilage, tendons, and connective tissue. |