Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. A polypeptide is a longer, continuous, unbranched peptide chain. Polypeptides that have... 22 KB (2,416 words) - 18:36, 22 March 2024 |
In organic chemistry, a peptide bond is an amide type of covalent chemical bond linking two consecutive alpha-amino acids from C1 (carbon number one)... 12 KB (1,388 words) - 05:15, 27 April 2024 |
Peptide hormones are hormones whose molecules are peptides. Peptide hormones have shorter amino acid chain lengths than protein hormones. These hormones... 5 KB (547 words) - 21:45, 20 January 2024 |
Brain natriuretic peptide 32 (BNP), also known as B-type natriuretic peptide, is a hormone secreted by cardiomyocytes in the heart ventricles in response... 38 KB (4,307 words) - 02:33, 28 March 2024 |
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) or atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a natriuretic peptide hormone secreted from the cardiac atria that in humans is... 32 KB (3,832 words) - 00:31, 24 March 2024 |
A signal peptide (sometimes referred to as signal sequence, targeting signal, localization signal, localization sequence, transit peptide, leader sequence... 15 KB (1,741 words) - 18:05, 31 December 2023 |
Peptide therapeutics are peptides or polypeptides (oligomers or short polymers of amino acids) which are used to for the treatment of diseases. Naturally... 22 KB (2,768 words) - 16:59, 10 April 2024 |
Peptide YY (PYY), also known as peptide tyrosine tyrosine, is a peptide that in humans is encoded by the PYY gene. Peptide YY is a short (36-amino acid)... 22 KB (2,673 words) - 12:50, 4 April 2024 |
The connecting peptide, or C-peptide, is a short 31-amino-acid polypeptide that connects insulin's A-chain to its B-chain in the proinsulin molecule.... 22 KB (2,127 words) - 20:07, 24 April 2024 |
Cyclic peptides are polypeptide chains which contain a circular sequence of bonds. This can be through a connection between the amino and carboxyl ends... 6 KB (742 words) - 00:40, 1 November 2023 |
Peptide T is an HIV entry inhibitor discovered in 1986 by Candace Pert and Michael Ruff, a US neuroscientist and immunologist. Peptide T, and its modified... 14 KB (1,377 words) - 05:34, 21 January 2024 |
Protease (redirect from Peptide hydrolases) spurring the formation of new protein products. They do this by cleaving the peptide bonds within proteins by hydrolysis, a reaction where water breaks bonds... 26 KB (2,799 words) - 22:42, 25 April 2024 |
A stapled peptide is a modified peptide (class A peptidomimetic), typically in an alpha-helical conformation, that is constrained by a synthetic brace... 16 KB (1,723 words) - 22:51, 15 April 2024 |
Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (redirect from Gastrointestinal inhibitory peptide) incretin, is to stimulate insulin secretion. GIP, along with glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), belongs to a class of molecules referred to as incretins, which... 9 KB (1,052 words) - 21:12, 16 April 2024 |
N-terminus (section Signal peptide) free amine group (-NH2) located at the end of a polypeptide. Within a peptide, the amine group is bonded to the carboxylic group of another amino acid... 7 KB (749 words) - 23:10, 30 March 2024 |
Opioid peptides or opiate peptides are peptides that bind to opioid receptors in the brain; opiates and opioids mimic the effect of these peptides. Such... 19 KB (1,419 words) - 18:28, 15 March 2024 |
A peptide library is a tool for studying proteins. Peptide libraries typically contain a large number of peptides that have a systematic combination of... 8 KB (1,023 words) - 19:54, 10 March 2024 |
In mass spectrometry, de novo peptide sequencing is the method in which a peptide amino acid sequence is determined from tandem mass spectrometry. Knowing... 29 KB (3,995 words) - 23:47, 27 November 2023 |
types of natriuretic peptides: atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP). Two minor hormones... 15 KB (1,731 words) - 19:18, 3 April 2024 |
Gelatin (redirect from Collagen peptide) fibrils into smaller peptides; depending on the physical and chemical methods of denaturation, the molecular weight of the peptides falls within a broad... 34 KB (3,909 words) - 12:39, 11 April 2024 |
Nonribosomal peptides (NRP) are a class of peptide secondary metabolites, usually produced by microorganisms like bacteria and fungi. Nonribosomal peptides are... 16 KB (1,833 words) - 15:06, 20 December 2023 |
Mast cell degranulating (MCD) peptide is a cationic 22-amino acid residue peptide, which is a component of the venom of the bumblebee (Megabombus pennsylvanicus)... 11 KB (1,267 words) - 12:01, 16 January 2024 |
CLIP (protein) (redirect from Class II-associated invariant chain peptide) or Class II-associated invariant chain peptide is the part of the invariant chain (Ii) that binds to the peptide binding groove of MHC class II and remains... 5 KB (468 words) - 19:21, 26 April 2024 |