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A representation of an organic macromolecule in public resources (e.g., UniProt or NCBI RefSeq) composed of one or more chains (linear polymers) of alpha-L-amino acids linked by peptide bonds and ranging in size from a few thousand to over 1 million Daltons. Comment Requested: In interest of re-using existing standards, should the above definition of Protein be replaced by the following from the NLM -- : A molecule made up of amino acids that are needed for the body to function properly. Proteins are the basis of body structures such as skin and hair and of substances such as enzymes, cytokines, and antibodies. [Source: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/glossary=protein] EXAMPLE(S): A protein record from UniProt Knowledgebase: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P38398 OTHER NAME(S): NOTE(S):
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