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pseudopeptide

pseudopeptide noun: an amide of an amino acid that does not occur in natural peptides or proteins, especially one introduced into a polypeptide chain.

Noun

pseudopeptide (plural pseudopeptides)

  1. An amide of an amino acid that does not occur in natural peptides or proteins, especially one introduced into a polypeptide chain
    • An alternative route for the preparation of monomer 5, in which the pseudopeptide intermediate is obtained by reductive N-alkylation, was outlined previously [13 ].2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of pseudopeptide

pluralpseudopeptides

Origin of pseudopeptide

From pseudo- + peptide.

Words formed from pseudopeptide

Questions about pseudopeptide

What does pseudopeptide mean?
Pseudopeptide means an amide of an amino acid that does not occur in natural peptides or proteins, especially one introduced into a polypeptide chain.
What part of speech is pseudopeptide?
Pseudopeptide is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudopeptide?
The plural of pseudopeptide is pseudopeptides.

Words near pseudopeptide in the dictionary

  1. pseudopelletierine
  2. pseudopenes
  3. pseudopenis
  4. pseudopeptidase
  5. pseudopeptidases
  6. pseudopeptide
  7. pseudopeptides
  8. pseudopeptidic
  9. pseudopeptidoglycan
  10. pseudopercula
  11. pseudoperculum

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