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Dipeptides vs Polypeptide - What's the difference?

dipeptides | polypeptide |

As nouns the difference between dipeptides and polypeptide

is that dipeptides is while polypeptide is (organic chemistry) any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds.

dipeptides

English

Noun

(head)

    • polypeptide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds.
  • (biochemistry) Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein.
  • (protein) A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide.

    • See also

    * actinomycin * angiotensin * peptide * proinsulin * secretin