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Peptide vs Cyclopeptide - What's the difference?

peptide | cyclopeptide |

As nouns the difference between peptide and cyclopeptide

is that peptide is while cyclopeptide is (organic chemistry) any cyclic peptide.

peptide

English

(wikipedia 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 ----

    cyclopeptide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any cyclic peptide