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Peptide vs Peptidase - What's the difference?

peptide | peptidase |

As nouns the difference between peptide and peptidase

is that peptide is 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 peptidase is any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease.

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 ----

    peptidase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia peptidase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease