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propeptide

propeptide is the alternative form of pro-peptide.

Meaning of pro-peptide

Noun

pro-peptide (plural pro-peptides)

  1. Any inactive peptide that can be activated by posttranslational modification

Forms of propeptide

pluralpropeptides

Words formed from propeptide

Questions about propeptide

What is propeptide the alternative form of?
Propeptide is the alternative form of pro-peptide.

Words near propeptide in the dictionary

  1. propenyls
  2. propepsin
  3. propepsins
  4. propeptidase
  5. propeptidases
  6. propeptide
  7. propeptides
  8. propeptone
  9. propeptones
  10. proper
  11. proper acceleration

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