Peptide is a derived term of polypeptide.
In biochemistry terms the difference between polypeptide and peptide
is that polypeptide is any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein while peptide is the peptide bond itself.
As nouns the difference between polypeptide and peptide
is that polypeptide is any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds while 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.
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
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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