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Definition of Polypeptide
1. Noun. A peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids.
Definition of Polypeptide
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds. ¹
2. Noun. (biochemistry) Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein. ¹
3. Noun. (protein) A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polypeptide
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Medical Definition of Polypeptide
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypeptide
Literary usage of Polypeptide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"162(1979) trie Inhibitory polypeptide, Insulin, and Glucose Changes Produced by
Growth ... Washington 98195 : gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIF) its ..."
2. Organic Agricultural Chemistry (the Chemistry of Plants and Animals): A by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1916)
"polypeptide Nucleus. — On the other hand, it has been found that tryptic digestion
is inactive toward certain polypeptides, and it is believed that this ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"In every set of experiments with each amino acid or polypeptide, simultaneous
experiments were made with amino acid or polypeptide in water, amino acid or ..."
4. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"CONSEQUENCES OF THE polypeptide STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS. The polypeptides are as
essentially amino-acids as the amino-acids out of which they are built up. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"20 July 1970 • polypeptide with Broad Biological Activity: Isolation from Small
... A polypeptide, which has potent and diverse biological action—including ..."
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