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keratin

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Noun
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ker=a=tin

CIDE DICTIONARY

keratinn. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn.].
     A sulfur-containing fibrous protein constituting the main structural protein of hard epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, nails, claws, hoofs, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucine and tyrosine plus various other acid-stable amino acids. The amino acid composition varies, but it usually has a high percentage of cystine, which stabilizes and insolubilizes the protein by forming intrachain linkages. A softer form of keratin is present in the epidermis and whalebone. Called also epidermose.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

keratin, n. a fibrous protein which occurs in hair, feathers, hooves, claws, horns, etc.

Etymology
Gk keras keratos horn + -IN

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