nonprotein

• a word derived from protein.
  protein

  noun

  any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.

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nonprotein

However, scientists have realized that RNA's nonprotein encoding stretches control gene expression.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024

Zhang plans to build on its efficiency as a delivery device as well as to experiment with nonprotein payloads such as DNA and RNA.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2023

The other camp, in which Spiegel falls, set out to produce smaller, nonprotein compounds with antibodylike properties.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2015

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