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C-peptide

C-peptide noun: the inactive polypeptide excised from proinsulin during its conversion to insulin, containing 31 amino acid residues and secreted in equimolar amounts to insulin from beta cells.

Noun

C-peptide (plural C-peptides)

  1. The inactive polypeptide excised from proinsulin during its conversion to insulin, containing 31 amino acid residues and secreted in equimolar amounts to insulin from beta cells.

Forms of C-peptide

pluralC-peptides

Questions about C-peptide

What does C-peptide mean?
C-peptide means the inactive polypeptide excised from proinsulin during its conversion to insulin, containing 31 amino acid residues and secreted in equimolar amounts to insulin from beta cells.
What part of speech is C-peptide?
C-peptide is a noun.
What is the plural of C-peptide?
The plural of C-peptide is C-peptides.

Words near C-peptide in the dictionary

  1. C-men
  2. c-note
  3. c-notes
  4. C-nucleoside
  5. C-nucleosides
  6. C-peptide
  7. C-peptides
  8. C-pillar
  9. C-pillars
  10. C-Pop
  11. C-post

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