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polypeptide(genetic biology) |
- Grammar: noun
plural: polypeptides - Definition: a chain of amino acids held together by peptide bonds usually encoded by a single stretch of DNA
- Example:
1. The polypeptide encoding sequences of DNA are laid out in different ways by prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
2. The DNA encoding a single polypeptide is often separated into discrete portions by intervening non-expressed DNA.
- Search history: polypeptide <- synthase
