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IPA transcription: ['pɛp,taɪd]
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Noun
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amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein
Usage examples
- This forms a tetrahedral adduct and breakage of the peptide bond.
- In organic solvents and crystals, this peptide forms different types of non-native double helices.
- Some of these receptors are among the most highly conserved neuropeptide receptors.
- It might be more correct now to say "One gene - many polypeptides".
- Ondetti was placed in the peptide synthesis research group.
- Opioid peptides are released by post-translational proteolytic cleavage of precursor proteins.
- "Viola arvensis" was shown to contain cyclotides, a class of peptides found in plants.
- Some intracrine peptide hormones also have intracellular receptors.
- The receptors exist as paired polypeptides, thus exhibiting two intracellular signal-transducing domains.
- The peptides are generated mainly in the cytosol by the proteasome.