peptide
See also: Peptide
English edit
Etymology edit
From peptone, partially hydrolyzed protein, or German Peptid, from German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) derived from πέπτω (péptō, “soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
peptide (plural peptides)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
- 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 1, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
- When it’s digested, its long amino-acid chains are first broken down into smaller fragments, or peptides. It turns out that many hormones and drugs are also peptides, and a number of casein peptides do affect the body in hormone-like ways.
- (chemistry) The peptide bond itself.
Hyponyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:peptide
Derived terms edit
- antipeptide
- atrial natriuretic peptide
- beta-peptide
- biopeptide
- C-peptide
- cyclopeptide
- decapeptide
- depsipeptide
- dipeptide
- dodecapeptide
- eicosapeptide
- eupeptide
- glycopeptide
- heptapeptide
- hexadecapeptide
- homopeptide
- iminopeptide
- immunopeptide
- interpeptide
- intrapeptide
- isopeptide
- lanthipeptide
- lasso peptide
- lipopeptide
- monopeptide
- mucopeptide
- neuropeptide
- nonapeptide
- nonglycopeptide
- nonpeptide
- octadecapeptide
- octapeptide
- oligopeptide
- pentapeptide
- peptide bond
- peptide chain
- peptide nucleic acid
- peptidergic
- phosphopeptide
- polypeptide
- pro-peptide
- pseudopeptide
- radiopeptide
- sactipeptide
- telopeptide
- tetracopeptide
- tetrapeptide
- thiopeptide
- tridecapeptide
- tripeptide
- undecapeptide
- vasoactive intestinal peptide
Translations edit
class of organic compounds
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Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
peptide m (plural peptides)
Further reading edit
- “peptide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
peptide m (plural peptidi)