polypeptide

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ peptide.

Noun

polypeptide (plural polypeptides)

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

Derived terms

• copolypeptide
• glycopolypeptide
• homopolypeptide
• lipopolypeptide
• pancreatic polypeptide
• polypeptidase
• polypeptide chain
• polypeptidic
• propolypeptide

Translations

organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds

Catalan: polipèptid m Chinese: Cantonese: 多肽 (do1 taai3) Mandarin: 多肽 (zh) (duōtài) Esperanto: polipeptido Finnish: peptidi (fi) French: polypeptide (fr) m Galician: polipeptídeo m Italian: polipeptide (it) f Japanese: ポリペプチド (poripepuchido) Kazakh: полипептид (polipeptid) Portuguese: (please verify) polipeptídeo m Spanish: polipéptido m Turkish: polipeptit

biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein

Chinese: Cantonese: 多肽 (do1 taai3) Mandarin: 多肽 (zh) (duōtài) Finnish: polypeptidi French: polypeptide (fr) m Galician: (please verify) polipeptídeo m Italian: polipeptide (it) f Portuguese: polipeptídeo m

biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids

Chinese: Cantonese: 多肽 (do1 taai3) Mandarin: 多肽 (zh) (duōtài) Finnish: polypeptidi French: polypeptide (fr) m Galician: (please verify) polipeptídeo m Italian: polipeptide (it) f Portuguese: polipeptídeo m

See also

• actinomycin
• angiotensin
• peptide
• proinsulin
• secretin

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

polypeptide m (plural polypeptides)

1. polypeptide

Further reading

• “polypeptide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.