telopeptide

English

Etymology

From telo- +‎ peptide.

Noun

telopeptide (plural telopeptides)

  1. (biochemistry) an amino acid sequence, (normally at one or more ends), that have a function in building or conforming a protein and are proteolytically removed at maturity
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