Proteome

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpɹəʊtɪəʊm/

Origin

proteingenome.

Full definition of proteome

Noun

1. (biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome. from 20th c.
• 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 367:So now the quest is to crack the human proteome – a concept so novel that the term proteome didn't even exist a decade ago.

Hyponyms

• secretome
• phosphoproteome

Related terms

• proteomics