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A combination of carbohydrates and proteins glycproteins are receptor molecules that are used as signals to get messages from one cell to another: they detect the surroundings of the cell (i.e hormones, sugar signals etc)

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Any of a group of conjugated proteins having a carbohydrate as the nonprotein component.

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