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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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Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) is a
polypeptide secreted by PP
cells in the
endocrine pancreas. It is a
hormone and it
regulates pancreatic secretion activities...
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biological response of the
human body to
polypeptide antibiotics. In 1947, polymyxins, the
first antibiotic polypeptides were discovered,
produced by the bacterium...
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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 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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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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Cyclic peptides are
polypeptide chains which contain a
circular sequence of bonds. This can be
through a
connection between the
amino and
carboxyl ends...
- 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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amino acid
residues is
called a
polypeptide. A
protein contains at
least one long
polypeptide.
Short polypeptides,
containing less than 20–30 residues...
- DNA. This
would further lead to the
production of
incorrect proteins.
Polypeptides have an N-terminus and a C-terminus,
which refer to the ends of the polymer...
