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Peptide vs Tetrapeptide - What's the difference?

peptide | tetrapeptide |

Tetrapeptide is a hypernym of peptide.



As nouns the difference between peptide and tetrapeptide

is that 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 while tetrapeptide is an organic compound formed from four amino acids joined by peptide bonds.

peptide

English

(wikipedia 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 ----

    tetrapeptide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry, organic chemistry) An organic compound formed from four amino acids joined by peptide bonds.

    • Coordinate terms

    * dipeptide * tripeptide

    Hypernyms

    * peptide