metalloantibody

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

metallo- +‎ antibody

Noun[edit]

metalloantibody (plural metalloantibodies)

  1. An antibody that is modified to contain metal ions within its structure.
    • 1991, Advances in Protein Chemistry - Volume 42, page 346:
      The engineering of hydrolytic chemistry is one goal of metalloantibody experiments.
    • 2008, Derek J. Chadwick, ‎ Joan Marsh, Catalytic Antibodies, page 154:
      Is the binding constant such that the metalloantibody holds together at zero metal concentration?
    • 2013, Jerry L. Atwood, Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry, page 199:
      Antibody 38G2 is a metalloantibody that incorporates mercury (II) as a Lewis acid cofactor.