polypeptide
IPA: pˈɑɫɪpˈɛptaɪd
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.
- (biochemistry) A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide.
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Examples of "polypeptide" in Sentences
- Luteinizing hormone beta polypeptide.
- Gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor.
- They bind gastric inhibitory polypeptide.
- Interaction of zinc with capsid polypeptides.
- The polypeptide chain is supported by a backbone.
- Diphtheria toxin consists of a single polypeptide.
- Exopeptidase cleaves the end of a polypeptide chain.
- Describe the steps in the synthesis of a polypeptide.
- Placental lactogen is a polypeptide placental hormone.
- The polypeptide is comprised of extracellular and intracellular segments.
- This greatly reduces errors in polypeptide chain elongation, and is therefore highly favored by natural selection.
- For awhile I was studying up on the presence of d-aa in polypeptide chains, with these peptides being produced biotically.
- In the 1950s to 1970s, molecular biologists were sure that each DNA sequence could not encode more than one polypeptide chain.
- A larger number of these amino acids combined are called a polypeptide or protein, and these are chemically active in making a living being.
- But you, Mr. and Ms. Olympic “Could Be If You Only Made an Effort” Athlete, you are fully entitled to the rush to be gained from endogenous opioid polypeptide compounds.
- Many hormones are of a polypeptide nature, and in 1955 Vincent du Vigneaud of Cornell University was given the prize for his synthesis of two such hormones, vasopressin and oxytocin.
- Although several constituents of bitter melon have hypoglycemic properties, most interest has focused on a polypeptide isolated from the seeds called polypeptide-p and a mixture of two steroid glycosides referred to as charantin.
- Secretin and other hormones of similar nature are built up of amino acid chains containing more than a dozen and less than a hundred amino acids and are therefore sometimes called polypeptide hormones rather than protein hormones.