homopeptide

English

Etymology

From homo- +‎ peptide.

Noun

homopeptide (plural homopeptides)

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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