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Polypeptide vs Helice - What's the difference?

polypeptide | helice |

As nouns the difference between polypeptide and helice

is that polypeptide is (organic chemistry) any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds while helice is helix (blade).

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

    helice

    Not English

    Helice has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'helice':

    halse, haulage, hoelike, haylage, haylike, hallage, hailse, haulse