anticalin

English

Etymology

From a trademark of Pieris Pharmaceuticals in Germany.

Noun

anticalin (plural anticalins)

1. Any of a class of artificial proteins that are able to bind to antigens. They are derived from human lipocalins.
   • 2015 July 14, “All-Purpose Containers? Lipid-Binding Protein – Drug Interactions”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The calyx architecture offers several opportunities for therapeutic applications: the most radical involves the engineering of the natural proteins to produce anticalins, antibody mimetics devised to bind specific ligands, including drugs for targeted delivery.