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Polypeptide vs Polymerase - What's the difference?

polypeptide | polymerase |

As nouns the difference between polypeptide and polymerase

is that polypeptide is any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds while polymerase is any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.

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

    polymerase

    English

    (wikipedia polymerase)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.

    • See also

    * reverse transcriptase * transcriptase