Peptide vs Polymer - What's the difference?
peptide | polymer |
(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.
(organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.
A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
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As nouns the difference between peptide and polymer
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(wikipedia peptide)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* dipeptide * lipopeptide * mucopeptide * neuropeptide * octapeptide * pentapeptide * peptide chain * polypeptide * tripeptide ----polymer
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(wikipedia polymer)Noun
(en noun)Charles T. Ambrose
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