Tetrapeptide is a hypernym of peptide.
As nouns the difference between peptide and tetrapeptide
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 tetrapeptide is an organic compound formed from four amino acids joined by peptide bonds.
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
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tetrapeptide
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) An organic compound formed from four amino acids joined by peptide bonds.
Coordinate terms
* dipeptide
* tripeptide
Hypernyms
* peptide