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polypeptide

The English word “polypeptide” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  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.

Etymology

From poly- + peptide.

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