protein

biomolecule or biomolecule complex largely consisting of chains of amino acid residues
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q8054
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Summary

protein is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. protein ranks in the top 0.58% of structural class of chemical entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,942 views/month, #6 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: second-order class[3]
  • Subclass of: biopolymer[4], gene product[5], polypeptide[6], biological macromolecule[7]
  • Part of: regulation of protein catabolic process at synapse, modulating synaptic transmission[8], protein catabolic process at synapse[9], protein catabolic process at presynapse[10], protein catabolic process at postsynapse[11], regulation protein catabolic process at synapse[12], regulation protein catabolic process at presynapse[13], regulation protein catabolic process at postsynapse[14], establishment of protein localization[15], protein transmembrane transport[16], protein localization to spindle pole body[17], establishment of protein localization to spindle pole body[18], microtubule polymerization based protein transport to cell tip cortex[19], microtubule polymerization based protein transport[20], protein localization to cell wall[21]
  • Commons category: Proteins[22]
  • Has part(s): amino acid[23], peptide bond[24]
  • Encoded by: protein-coding gene[25]
  • Has cause: genome to protein translation[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Proteins[27]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[31]
  • Topic has template: Template:Protein topics[32], Template:Infobox protein[33]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://biology.stackexchange.com/tags/proteins[34]
  • Has characteristic: protein structure[35], protein primary structure[36], protein secondary structure[37], protein tertiary structure[38], protein quaternary structure[39], protein dynamics[40]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Protein[41], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_36080[42], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000000001[43], http://bioschemas.org/Protein[44], https://schema.org/Protein[45]
  • Different from: Protein[46], Proteīni[47]
  • Properties for this type: P352[48], P637[49], P681[50], P680[51], P682[52]

Why It Matters

protein has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] protein is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . pharmasalud.net. pharmasalud.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['1qrICA', '3gK0Hy']
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008044-bilkoviny
    Video → 1R4P camera-spin.webm
    Image → Protein mosaic.jpg
    Studied by → protein science, protein chemistry
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  3. 19w ago · Sabrina2026 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Protein ontology id → PR:000000001
    P14439 → 010043
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Freebase id → /m/05wvs
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Superfície de proteínas.png"
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