Apoprotein

As apo ( gr. : Apo - from , Proton - the first ) is defined as that portion of a protein , the only amino acids exist. If the prosthetic group is added, you get a complete protein (Greek holos = whole; holoprotein ). In the case of a compound enzyme , the apoprotein is identical to the apoenzyme .

literature

• Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer : Biochemistry. 6 edition, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2007. ISBN 978-3-8274-1800-5 .
• Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet: Biochemistry. 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York 2004. ISBN 0-471-19350-X .
• Bruce Alberts , Alexander Johnson, Peter Walter, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts: Molecular Biology of the Cell , 5th Edition, Taylor & Francis 2007, ISBN 978-0815341062 .