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Peptide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A polypeptide is a single linear chain of amino acids. A protein is one or more polypeptides more than about 50 amino acids long. An oligopeptide or (simply) a peptide is a polypeptide ...
Pancreatic polypeptide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pancreatic polypeptide is a polypeptide secreted by PP cells in the endocrine pancreas predominantly in the head of the pancreas. It consists of 36 amino acids and has molecular ...
polypeptide (biochemistry) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on polypeptide (biochemistry), ...oxygen to the tissues. Hemoglobin is composed of a porphyrin compound (heme) and globin. Thalassemia is ...
polypeptide definition of polypeptide in the Free Online Encyclopedia.
polypeptide: see peptide peptide, organic compound composed of amino acids linked together chemically by peptide bonds. The peptide bond always involves a single covalent link ...
Polypeptide chains - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Polypeptide ...
peptide. Molecule comprising two or more amino acid molecules (not necessarily different) joined by peptide bonds, whereby the acid group of one acid is linked to the amino group ...
Polypeptide and Protein Synthesis
POLYPEPTIDE AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS. Learning Objectives for this Section. DNA is divided into functional units called genes. A gene is a segment of DNA that codes for a ...
Polypeptide chain - definition of Polypeptide chain in the Medical ...
peptide /pep·tide/ (pep´tīd) (pep´tid) any of a class of compounds of low molecular weight that yield two or more amino acids on hydrolysis; known as di-, tri-, tetra-, (etc ...
Pancreatic polypeptide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pancreatic polypeptide is a polypeptide secreted by PP cells in the endocrine pancreas predominantly in the head of the pancreas. It consists of 36 amino acids and has molecular ...
polypeptide - definition of polypeptide by the Free Online Dictionary ...
pol·y·pep·tide (p l-p p t d) n. A peptide, such as a small protein, containing many molecules of amino acids, typically between 10 and 100. polypeptide [ˌpɒlɪˈpɛptaɪd]
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Peptides (from the Greek πεπτίδια, "small digestibles") are short polymers formed from the linking, in a defined order, of α-amino acids. The link between one amino acid residue and the next is called an amide bond or a peptide bond.

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