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polypeptide

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

Españolpolipéptido
Françaispolypeptide
Portuguêspolipeptídeo
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CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

polypeptide chain polypeptidic polypeptone polypersonalism polyperylene polyperythrin

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