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Peptide vs Microglobulin - What's the difference?

peptide | microglobulin |

As nouns the difference between peptide and microglobulin

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 microglobulin is a low molecular-weight globulin.

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 ----

    microglobulin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A low molecular-weight globulin.
  • A peptide fragment of a globulin.