"polypeptide" meaning in English

See polypeptide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: polypeptides [plural]
Etymology: From poly- + peptide. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|peptide}} poly- + peptide Head templates: {{en-noun}} polypeptide (plural polypeptides)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds. Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Translations (organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds): polipèptid [masculine] (Catalan), 多肽 (do¹ taai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 多肽 (duōtài) (Chinese Mandarin), polipeptido (Esperanto), peptidi (Finnish), polypeptide [masculine] (French), polipeptídeo [masculine] (Galician), polipeptide [feminine] (Italian), ポリペプチド (poripepuchido) (Japanese), полипептид (polipeptid) (Kazakh), polipéptido [masculine] (Spanish), polipeptit (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-polypeptide-en-noun-T88mOdV~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 25 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 36 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 25 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 25 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 30 32 38 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds': 53 18 28
  2. (biochemistry) Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein. Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein): 多肽 (do¹ taai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 多肽 (duōtài) (Chinese Mandarin), polypeptidi (Finnish), polypeptide [masculine] (French), polipeptide [feminine] (Italian), polipeptídeo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-polypeptide-en-noun-B1bBJq7U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 25 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 36 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 25 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 25 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 30 32 38 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein': 21 66 13
  3. (biochemistry) A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide. Categories (topical): Proteins Translations (biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids): 多肽 (do¹ taai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 多肽 (duōtài) (Chinese Mandarin), polypeptidi (Finnish), polypeptide [masculine] (French), polipeptide [feminine] (Italian), polipeptídeo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-polypeptide-en-noun-qFmEDMep Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 25 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 36 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 25 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 25 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 28 30 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 31 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 31 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 28 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 30 32 38 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids': 25 10 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lipopolypeptide Related terms: actinomycin, angiotensin, peptide, proinsulin, secretin

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lipopolypeptide"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "poly",
        "3": "peptide"
      },
      "expansion": "poly- + peptide",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From poly- + peptide.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "polypeptides",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "polypeptide (plural polypeptides)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "actinomycin"
    },
    {
      "word": "angiotensin"
    },
    {
      "word": "peptide"
    },
    {
      "word": "proinsulin"
    },
    {
      "word": "secretin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Organic chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "polymer",
          "polymer"
        ],
        [
          "amino acid",
          "amino acid"
        ],
        [
          "peptide bond",
          "peptide bond"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Biochemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein."
      ],
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        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
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          "folded",
          "folded"
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        ],
        [
          "protein",
          "protein"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein."
      ],
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        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Proteins"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "protein",
          "protein"
        ],
        [
          "amino acid",
          "amino acid"
        ],
        [
          "oligopeptide",
          "oligopeptide"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polipèptid"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "do¹ taai³",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "word": "多肽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duōtài",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "word": "多肽"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "word": "polipeptido"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "word": "peptidi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polypeptide"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polipeptídeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polipeptide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "poripepuchido",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "word": "ポリペプチド"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "polipeptid",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "word": "полипептид"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polipéptido"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds",
      "word": "polipeptit"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "do¹ taai³",
      "sense": "biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein",
      "word": "多肽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duōtài",
      "sense": "biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein",
      "word": "多肽"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein",
      "word": "polypeptidi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polypeptide"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polipeptide"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polipeptídeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "do¹ taai³",
      "sense": "biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids",
      "word": "多肽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duōtài",
      "sense": "biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids",
      "word": "多肽"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids",
      "word": "polypeptidi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polypeptide"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polipeptide"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polipeptídeo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polypeptide"
}

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