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protamine

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

noun

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


protamine

/ ˈ±è°ùəʊ³Ùəˌ³¾¾±Ë²Ô /

noun

  1. any of a group of basic simple proteins that occur, in association with nucleic acids, in the sperm of some fish
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of protamine1

First recorded in 1870–75; prot- + amine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of protamine1

C19: from German: see proto- , amine
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For example, the DrugBank page for protamine sulfate, a medication often used in heart surgery, included information taken from the medication’s Wikipedia page.

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They used two drugs which worked equally well: toluidine blue, a tissue stain, and protamine sulfate, a protein compound.

Protamine zinc insulin, a slow-acting variant, is injected in a larger dose only once a day.

The substance which slows insulin's reaction in the blood is a protamine derived from the sperm of the handsome, hardy rainbow trout.

But before it got back into the patient, where the clotting factor was necessary once more, the doctors gave it another injection, this time of protamine, to counteract the heparin.

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