homopeptide

English edit

Etymology edit

homo- +‎ peptide

Noun edit

homopeptide (plural homopeptides)

(biochemistry) A peptide containing multiple occurrences of a single amino acid moiety

Usage notes edit

Used attributively to describe such repeat units in a protein or gene

Derived terms edit

homopeptidic

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