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Polymere vs Polypeptide - What's the difference?

polymere | polypeptide |

As an adjective polymere

is .

As a noun polypeptide is

(organic chemistry) any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds.

polymere

Not English

Polymere has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'polymere':

planarize, planerite

polypeptide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds.
  • (biochemistry) Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein.
  • (protein) A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide.

    • See also

    * actinomycin * angiotensin * peptide * proinsulin * secretin