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polypeptides

polypeptides is the plural of polypeptide.

Meaning of polypeptide

Noun

polypeptide (plural polypeptides)

  1. Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds.
  2. Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein.
  3. A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide.

Phrases with polypeptides

Questions about polypeptides

What is polypeptides the plural of?
Polypeptides is the plural of polypeptide.

Words near polypeptides in the dictionary

  1. polypeptidase
  2. polypeptidases
  3. polypeptide
  4. polypeptide chain
  5. polypeptide chains
  6. polypeptides
  7. polypeptidic
  8. polypeptidyl
  9. polypeptone
  10. polypeptones
  11. polypersonal

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