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amino acids linked by
peptide bonds. A
polypeptide is a longer, continuous,
unbranched peptide chain.
Polypeptides that have a
molecular m**** of 10,000...
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between the
encoded amino acids to form a
polypeptide chain.[citation needed]
Following translation the
polypeptide chain must fold to form a
functional protein;...
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Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), also
known as glucose-dependent
insulinotropic polypeptide, is an
inhibiting hormone of the
secretin family of hormones...
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Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) is a
polypeptide secreted by PP
cells in the
endocrine pancreas. It is a
hormone and it
regulates pancreatic secretion activities...
- The
gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIP-R), also
known as the glucose-dependent
insulinotropic polypeptide receptor, is a
protein that in humans...
- Amylin, or
islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), is a 37-residue
peptide hormone. It is co-secreted with
insulin from the
pancreatic β-cells in the ratio...
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Pancreatic polypeptide cells (PP cells), or
formerly as
gamma cells (γ-cells), or F cells, are
cells in the
pancreatic islets (Islets of Langerhans) of...
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amino acid
residues is
called a
polypeptide. A
protein contains at
least one long
polypeptide.
Short polypeptides,
containing less than 20–30 residues...
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Polypeptide antibiotics are a
chemically diverse class of anti-infective and
antitumor antibiotics containing non-protein
polypeptide chains. Examples...
- In enzymology, a
polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.41) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine...
