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Liposome vs Proteoliposome - What's the difference?

liposome | proteoliposome |

As nouns the difference between liposome and proteoliposome

is that liposome is an aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular phospholipid membrane; a lipid vesicle while proteoliposome is a liposome into which one or more proteins have been inserted, usually by artificial means.

liposome

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) an aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular phospholipid membrane; a lipid vesicle

    • Derived terms

    * liposomal

    proteoliposome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine, biochemistry) A liposome into which one or more proteins have been inserted, usually by artificial means
  • *{{quote-book, 2005, Larry Barton, Structural and Functional Relationships in Prokaryotes citation
    • , passage=The loading of proteins into a proteoliposome is accomplished by adding the chemicals to the buffer at the time the protein is added. }}

    Derived terms

    *proteoliposomal