protamine

[ proh-tuh-meen, pro-tam-in ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.

Origin of protamine

1
First recorded in 1870–75; prot- + amine

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British Dictionary definitions for protamine

protamine

/ (ˈprəʊtəˌmiːn) /


noun
  1. any of a group of basic simple proteins that occur, in association with nucleic acids, in the sperm of some fish

Origin of protamine

1
C19: from German: see proto-, amine

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