Ligand Binding Protein

Definition 1

General term for proteins that have binding as a major function. (NCI Thesaurus)

Definition 2

general term for class of proteins whose most important function appears to be binding of some ligand for solubility, transport, bioactivity regulation, or other nonenzymatic process; prefer NTs whenever possible. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

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