polypeptide

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ peptide.

Noun

polypeptide (plural polypeptides)

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

Derived terms

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

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

polypeptide m (plural polypeptides)

polypeptide

Further reading

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