In biochemistry terms the difference between peptide and proteotypic
is that peptide is the peptide bond itself while proteotypic is describing a peptide sequence that is found in only a single known protein and therefore serves to identify that protein.
As a noun 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.
As an adjective proteotypic is
describing a peptide sequence that is found in only a single known protein and therefore serves to identify that protein.
peptide
Noun
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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
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proteotypic
English
Adjective
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(biochemistry) Describing a peptide sequence that is found in only a single known protein and therefore serves to identify that protein 