polypeptide

[US]/ˌpɒlɪ'peptaɪd/
[UK]/ˌpɑlɪ'pɛp,taɪd/
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Translation

n. A chain of amino acids in a protein molecule.

Phrases & Collocations

polypeptide chain

Example Sentences

This methodology involves the deployment of a photolabile linker to “cage” a polypeptide chain to form a non-native state.

Intein is an intervening polypeptide which can catalytic self-cleavage from a pre-protein accompanied by the concomitant joining of the two flanking polypeptides (the extein) through a peptide bond.

Waste beer yeast polypeptides were made from waste beer yeast by bromidic hydrolyzation, separation, purification and dryness etc.

Cistron A unit of function, i.e. a segment of DNA that determines a single polypeptide chain of a protein molecule or a messenger RNA molecule.

helix: A helical conformation of a polypeptide chain, usually right-handed, with maximal intrachain hydrogen bonding; one of the most common secondary structures in proteins.

The foamy substances cover foam protein, polypeptide, isohumulone, melanoid, metal ions, amylase, alcohol and barm etc.

IEF analysis also suggested that the polypeptides of PI6.82 and PI8.58 derived from the same glutolin precursor.

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