-
amino acids linked by
peptide bonds. A
polypeptide is a longer, continuous,
unbranched peptide chain.
Polypeptides that have a
molecular m**** of 10,000...
-
Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), also
known as glucose-dependent
insulinotropic polypeptide, is an
inhibiting hormone of the
secretin family of hormones...
-
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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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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Proteolysis is the
breakdown of
proteins into
smaller polypeptides or
amino acids.
Protein degradation is a
major regulatory mechanism of gene expression...
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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...
- of
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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Vasoactive intestinal peptide, also
known as
vasoactive intestinal polypeptide or VIP, is a
peptide hormone that is
vasoactive in the intestine. VIP is...
- polynucleotides,
polypeptides, and polysaccharides. The Polynucleotides, RNA and DNA, are long
polymers of nucleotides.
Polypeptides include proteins...
- is the
start of a
protein or
polypeptide,
referring to the free
amine group (-NH2)
located at the end of a
polypeptide.
Within a peptide, the
amine group...
