avidin

English

Etymology

From Latin avidus (“hungry”) +‎ -in, based on its "hunger" for biotin.

Noun

avidin (countable and uncountable, plural avidins)

(biology) A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.

Derived terms

Translations

protein

Finnish: avidiini
Italian: avidina (it)

Anagrams

Vidian

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