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peptide
  1. (organic chemistry) A class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
  2. (chemistry) The peptide bond itself.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Finally, the efficacy of some peptide drugs and hormones can be substantially enhanced by acylation.”
      “This shift indicates a significant change in the peptide conformation due to the nature of the adsorbent surfaces.”
      “On the other hand, the weak site has a quadrangular pyramidal structure with three peptide carbonyl groups and two water molecules.”
peptoid
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of peptide analogues, many of which are peptidomimetic, that have alkyl side chains attached to some of the nitrogen atoms of glycine residues
peptidase
  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease.
  2. Examples:
    1. “This enzyme may also act as a glutamyl peptidase, requiring only water as an acceptor.”
      “Pancreatic trypsin is a member of the large and diverse serine peptidase family.”
      “Once inside the stroma, the transit sequence is cleaved off by the stromal processing peptidase.”
peptidomimicry
  1. (organic chemistry) The mimicking of the structure and function of a peptide by means of another oligomer
peptidome
  1. (biochemistry) The complete set of peptides encoded by a particular genome, or present within a particular cell type or organism
peptidomics
  1. (biochemistry) The branch of molecular biology that studies the set of peptides of an organism
peptidoglycan
  1. (biochemistry) A polymer of glycan and peptides found in bacterial cell walls
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “For instance, the cell walls of all bacteria contain the chemical peptidoglycan.”
      “This coincidence suggests that the D-amino acids originated in peptidoglycan of bacterial cell walls.”
      “As in Gram-positive bacteria, the inner membrane of spirochetes is closely associated with the peptidoglycan cell wall.”
peptidomimetic
  1. (biochemistry) A small protein-like chain designed to mimic a peptide, but with altered chemical properties.
peptidogenomics
  1. (biochemistry) The genomics of peptides and related biomolecules
peptibody
  1. A material containing peptides that act somewhat like antibodies
peptidolysis
  1. (biochemistry) The cleavage or digestion of peptides.
peptomer
  1. (organic chemistry) Any homopolymer formed from peptide monomers
peptidodendrimer
  1. (organic chemistry) Any dendrimer composed of peptide moieties.
peptidylnucleoside
  1. Any peptidyl derivative of a nucleoside
peptidylcitrulline
  1. A citrulline residue within a peptide
peptidoliposome
  1. A liposome coated with a peptide layer
peptidylarginine
  1. An arginine residue within a peptide
peptid
  1. Archaic form of peptide.
peptidylnucleosides
  1. plural of peptidylnucleoside
peptidodendrimers
  1. plural of peptidodendrimer
peptidoliposomes
  1. plural of peptidoliposome
peptidomimetics
  1. plural of peptidomimetic
peptidoglycans
peptidases
  1. plural of peptidase
  2. Examples:
    1. “This category contains phospholipids, proteolytic enzymes, proteinases, proteases, and peptidases.”
      “All of the serine proteases and the zinc peptidases of pancreatic secretions are produced in the form of their respective proenzymes.”
      “The number of proteases, peptidases, and other exoenzymes produced by S. miilans clearly suggests that it derives resources from host tissues.”
peptidomes
  1. plural of peptidome
peptibodies
  1. plural of peptibody
peptomers
  1. plural of peptomer
peptides
  1. plural of peptide
  2. Examples:
    1. “These results are discussed with respect to the mechanism of membrane disruption by antimicrobial peptides.”
      “One example is the antihypertensive effect of dietary peptides derived from milk protein, mediated by angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition.”
      “All the conjugated peptides were injected together in white rabbits as antigens for antibody production.”
peptoids
  1. plural of peptoid
peptids
  1. plural of peptid
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