Title: proteolipids
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - proteolipids
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09856
Status: current

Definition
Proteins with covalently linked lipids, e.g. fatty acid or glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI).

Note
The term ‘lipoprotein’ is also occasionally used to describe such compounds, but to avoid confusion this might be better reserved for the non-covalently linked lipid-protein complexes of the type found in plasma (plasma lipoproteins).

Related Term
- plasma lipoproteins: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09853

Source
- PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. 'Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)' on page 1181 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1120)

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Citation: Citation: 'proteolipids' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09856
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