Definition of Telopeptide

1. Noun. (biochemistry) an amino acid sequence, (normally at one or more ends), that have a function in building or conforming a protein and are proteolytically removed at maturity ¹

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Medical Definition of Telopeptide

1. Portions of the amino acid sequence of a protein that are removed in maturation of the protein. Best example are the N and C terminal telopeptides of procollagen that are involved in development of the quaternary structure and are then proteolytically removed by procollagen peptidases. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telopeptide

telolecithal egg
telolecithal ovum
telome
telomer
telomerase
telomere
telomere terminal transferase
telomeres
telomeric
telomeric R-banding stain
telomerization
telomerizations
telomers
telomes
telomic
telopeptide (current term)
telopeptides
telophase
telophase II
telophase i
telophases
telopsis
telos
teloses
telotaxes
telotaxis
telotism
telotroch
telotrocha
telotrochous

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