telopeptide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. an amino acid sequence, (normally at one or more ends), that have a function in building or conforming a protein and are proteolytically removed at maturity

Word forms

telopeptide telopeptides

Etymology

From telo- + peptide.

Related words

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