homopeptide

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English

Etymology

homo- +‎ peptide

Noun

homopeptide (plural homopeptides)

(biochemistry) A peptide containing multiple occurrences of a single amino acid moiety

Derived terms

homopeptidic

Usage notes

Used attributively to describe such repeat units in a protein or gene

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