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Peptide vs Peptidomics - What's the difference?

peptide | peptidomics |

In biochemistry terms the difference between peptide and peptidomics

is that peptide is the peptide bond itself while peptidomics is the branch of molecular biology that studies the set of peptides of an organism.

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 ----

    peptidomics

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biochemistry) The branch of molecular biology that studies the set of peptides of an organism