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Polypeptide vs Angiogenin - What's the difference?

polypeptide | angiogenin |

In biochemistry|lang=en terms the difference between polypeptide and angiogenin

is that polypeptide is (biochemistry) any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein while angiogenin is (biochemistry) a polypeptide implicated in angiogenesis.

As nouns the difference between polypeptide and angiogenin

is that polypeptide is (organic chemistry) any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds while angiogenin is (biochemistry) a polypeptide implicated in angiogenesis.

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

    angiogenin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia angiogenin) (-)
  • (biochemistry) A polypeptide implicated in angiogenesis