polypeptide

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds.
  2. Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein.
  3. A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide.

词形变化

polypeptides plural

词汇关系

衍生词
copolypeptide glycopolypeptide homopolypeptide lipopolypeptide pancreatic polypeptide polypeptidase polypeptide chain polypeptidic propolypeptide
相关词
actinomycin angiotensin peptide proinsulin secretin

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-
Proto-Hellenic *péťťō
Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf.
Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō)
Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der.
German Peptonbor.
English peptone
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
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German Pepton
▲
Latin -idusder.
German -id
German Peptidbor.
English peptide
English polypeptide
From poly- + peptide.
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