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Polypeptide vs Kinin - What's the difference?

polypeptide | kinin |

As nouns the difference between polypeptide and kinin

is that polypeptide is (organic chemistry) any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds while kinin is quinine or kinin can be kinin.

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

    kinin

    English

    (wikipedia kinin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of various structurally related polypeptides of the autacoid family, such as bradykinin and kallikrein, that act locally to induce vasodilation and contraction of smooth muscle.