homopeptide

English

Etymology

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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