polypeptide

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a chain of amino acids joined by peptide bonds, forming all or part of a protein

   The ribosome builds a polypeptide by adding amino acids in the order encoded by messenger RNA.

From poly- ("many") + peptide. Peptide comes from German Peptid, based on Greek peptos ("digested"); the compound names a chain containing many amino-acid residues linked by peptide bonds.

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