A complex that contains protein and lipid moieties and occurs especially in cell membranes, distinguished from lipoproteins by being soluble in some organic solvents but not in water.
Origin
1950s.
Definition of proteolipid in US English:
proteolipid
(also proteolipide)
noun
A complex that contains protein and lipid moieties and occurs especially in cell membranes, distinguished from lipoproteins by being soluble in some organic solvents but not in water.