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proteome

American  
[proh-tee-ohm] / ˈproʊ tiˌoʊm /

noun

Genetics.
  1. the entire complement of proteins found in an organism over its entire life cycle, or in a particular cell type at a particular time under defined environmental conditions.


proteome British  
/ ˈprəʊtɪˌəʊm /

noun

  1. the full complement of proteins that occur within a cell, tissue, or organism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

proteome Scientific  
/ prō′tē-ōm′ /
  1. The complete set of proteins that can be expressed by the genetic material of an organism.

  2. Compare genome


Etymology

Origin of proteome

First recorded in 1995–2000; prote(in) + (gen)ome


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"Directly linking changes in a cell's metabolic state to changes in the proteome is really exciting."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024

The dark proteome has clearly boosted the total, but no one knows the true number.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 24, 2024

They called that vulnerable subset the "core insoluble proteome."

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024

A: So far ancient brains have yielded the largest proteome of any tissue.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 19, 2024

He teamed up with a group led by Ketan Patel at Oxford to investigate the role formaldehyde plays in regulating gene activity by looking at changes to the proteins, or proteome, produced in mouse cells.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2023

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