orosomucoid Biochem.
(əˈrəʊsəʊˈmjuːkɔɪd)
[f. Gr. ὀρός serum + -o + mucoid n.]
A glycoprotein which forms the major component of seromucoid.
| 1955 R. J. Winzler in Methods Biochem. Analysis II. 281 The major component in human seromucoid is an electrophoretically and ultracentrifugally distinct acidic glycoprotein which has been crystallized and quite well characterized by chemical, physical, and immunological methods... It is appropriate to assign to this protein the name orosomucoid..to indicate its source and nature. 1965 Biochim. & Biophys. Acta CI. 336 The human and bovine orosomucoids had molecular weights of 41 600 and 37 300 respectively by the sedimentation diffusion method. 1972 Res. Communications Chem. Path. & Pharmacol. III. 663 Important increases in the level of orosomucoid accompany exudative inflammatory processes. |