peptide Definition
pep·tide (pep′tīd′)
noun
any of a group of compounds formed from two or more amino acids by the linkage of amino groups of some of the acids with carboxyl groups of others, or by the hydrolysis of proteins
Etymology: pept(one) + -ide
peptide Usage Examples
Converse of object
- synthesize: At some times of the year we are also able to synthesize peptides.
- derive: In peptide mass mapping the resolved proteins are digested with trypsin and the derived peptides accurately sized using mass spectrometry.
Adjective modifier
- antigenic: Tumor antigenic peptides hold promise for the development of novel cancer immunotherapies.
- vasoactive: Animal models have shown intermittent hypoxaemia raises blood pressure and alters levels of circulating vasoactive peptides.
- tryptic: The numbers of identified tryptic peptides ( longer than five amino acids ) of the five proteins ranged from 12 to 47.
- amyloid: Some may be poisoned; the beta amyloid peptide is a strong suspect.
- antimicrobial: The danger highlighted by Dr. Kanagawa is that environmental releases of these antimicrobial peptides will lead to the evolution of resistance among microbial pathogens.
- cyclic: In this case an NAMIDE record should precede the first amino-acid of the cyclic peptide, in the listing in the PDB input file.
Modifies a noun
- ligand: MHC class I and II molecules are assembled and loaded with their peptide ligands via different mechanisms.
- bond: Protein A polymer made up amino acids joined by peptide bonds.
- substrate: These interactions appear to play a crucial role in ordering the activation segment that in turn provides the peptide substrate recognition site.
- hormone: Peptide Hormones: the biggest group of hormones, peptides are short chains of amino acids.
- cleavage: Once activated caspases act as cysteine proteases, using a cysteine side chain for catalyzing peptide bond cleavage at aspartyl residues in their substrates.
- antigen: These cells are specially designed to present peptide antigens derived from such digested particles.
Noun used with modifier
- natriuretic: Molecular basis of the coronary vascular actions of natriuretic peptides.
- b-type: So where are we with B-type natriuretic peptide ( BNP ), the new kid on the block for use in heart failure?
- Epitope: We show that oral immune tolerance can be easily induced by direct administration of rice seeds containing the T cell epitope peptide.
- chloroplast: A glyphosate-resistant plant cell of Claim 22 in which the chloroplast transit peptide is from a plant EPSPS gene... .
- fusion: Another model has been hypothesized in which the fusion peptides insert into the viral membrane rather than the target membrane ( Ref.
- transit: A glyphosate-resistant plant cell of Claim 22 in which the chloroplast transit peptide is from a plant EPSPS gene... .
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