Biologically Active Substance
binding protein
bind·ing pro·tein
Definitions related to binding proteins:
  • General term for class of proteins whose most important function appears to be binding of some ligand for soluability, transport, bioactivity regulation, or other nonenzymatic process; prefer NTs whenever possible.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (ligand binding protein) General term for proteins that have binding as a major function.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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