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Polyprotein (medicine) and Augean (iou)


Polyprotein (medicine)


polyprotein
<protein> Protein that, after synthesis, is cleaved to produce several functionally distinct polypeptides. Some viruses produce such proteins and some polypeptide hormones seem to be cleaved from a single precursor polyprotein (pro opimelanocortin, for example).


Augean (iou)



Augean adjective. L16.
[from Latin Augeas, Greek Augeias (see below) + -AN.]
Abominably filthy; resembling the stables of Augeas, King of Elis, that had been uncleaned for 30 years until Hercules turned the River Alpheus through them.