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Metabolism > Protein Binding
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Protein Binding

Preferred term

Protein Binding  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Plasma Protein Binding Capacity

Note

  • NIM; restrict to the chem or metab binding mechanism; coord NIM with substance being bound /metab (IM) + specific protein /metab (IM); do not use with receptors terms unless the substance bound to the receptor is a protein & the binding mechanism is discussed; do not confuse with BINDING PROTEINS see CARRIER PROTEINS

Scope note

  • The process in which substances, either endogenous or exogenous, bind to proteins, peptides, enzymes, protein precursors, or allied compounds. Specific protein-binding measures are often used as assays in diagnostic assessments.

History note

  • 70(66)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011485

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