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Peptide vs Eupeptide - What's the difference?

peptide | eupeptide |

As nouns the difference between peptide and eupeptide

is that peptide is (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 while eupeptide is (chemistry) a normal peptide, rather than an isopeptide.

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 ----

    eupeptide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A normal peptide, rather than an isopeptide