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apoprotein

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apoprotein [ˈæpəˌprəʊtiːn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) Biochem any conjugated protein from which the prosthetic group has been removed, such as apohaemoglobin (the protein of haemoglobin without its haem group)


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They are a heterogeneous class of protein-lipid aggregates traditionally classified by particle density and subsequently by apoprotein composition.
67 (X [+ or -] SD) (all measurements in mgm/dl milligrams per deciliter) HDL - High Density Lipoproteins LDL - Low Density Lipoproteins ApoA-1 - Apoprotein A-1 ApoB Apoprotein B (Reference 10, published with permission from the authors, the Am J Ger Cardiol and Le Jacq Communications).
The hereditary types of hyperlipoproteinemia are familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency and/or apoprotein C-II deficiency (type I or V), familial hypercholesterolemia (type IIa or IIb), familial dysbetalipoproteinemia type III), familial hypertriglyceridemia (type IV), and combined hypercholesterolemia (type IIa, IIb, and/or IV) (table).
 
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