See Also: peptide(dictionary)
peptide t(medicine)
peptide yy(medicine)
peptide(encyclopedia)
peptide map(medicine)
C-Peptide(health)
peptide phi(medicine)
Peptide(health)
C-peptide(medicine)
Peptide(medicine)

peptide (iou)



peptide noun. E20.
[German Peptid back-form. from Polypeptid POLYPEPTIDE.]
Biochemistry. Any compound in which two or more amino acids are linked together in a linear sequence, the carboxyl group of each acid being joined to the amino group of the next.
VASOACTIVE intestinal peptide.
Comb.: peptide bond a carbon-nitrogen bond of the type OCNH, such as those linking the amino-acid residues in a peptide chain; peptide chain a linear sequence of amino-acid residues joined by peptide bonds; peptide linkage = peptide bond above.
peptidase noun an enzyme which hydrolyses peptides E20.
peptidic adjective M20.
peptidyl noun a radical formed by a peptide, esp. by the removal of an NH2 group from an amide group M20.