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Polypeptide vs Polyalanine - What's the difference?

polypeptide | polyalanine |

As nouns the difference between polypeptide and polyalanine

is that polypeptide is any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds while polyalanine is a polypeptide (or section of a protein) containing only alanine residues.

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

    polyalanine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic chemistry, biochemistry) A polypeptide (or section of a protein) containing only alanine residues