polypeptide

About 2.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

peptide oligopeptide protein macromolecule biopolymer polyamide proteid copolypeptide tetrapeptide peptomer

Often followed by

chain chains is of hormones and in synthesis hormone

Word family

polypeptides polypeptidic