polyprotein
(Science: protein) protein that, after synthesis, is cleaved to produce several functionally distinct polypeptides. Some viruses produce such proteins and some polypeptide hormones seem to be cleaved from a single precursor polyprotein (pro opimelanocortin, for example).
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