Medical Definition of Telopeptide
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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
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