In biochemistry terms the difference between enzyme and peptide
is that enzyme is a globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction while peptide is the peptide bond itself.
enzyme
Noun
(
en noun)
(biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.
Derived terms
* adaptive enzyme
* apoenzyme
* coenzyme
* haloenzyme
* holoenzyme
* ribozyme
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peptide
Noun
(
en noun)
(biochemistry) A class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
(biochemistry) The peptide bond itself.
Hyponyms
* See also
Derived terms
* dipeptide
* lipopeptide
* mucopeptide
* neuropeptide
* octapeptide
* pentapeptide
* peptide chain
* polypeptide
* tripeptide
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