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

• lipopolypeptide
• polypeptide chain

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.