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polypeptide

(genetic biology)

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  • 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.


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