peptide

[pep-tahyd]

noun

Biochemistry.

1. a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the other.

peptide

/ ˈpɛptaɪd /

noun

1. any of a group of compounds consisting of two or more amino acids linked by chemical bonding between their respective carboxyl and amino groups See also peptide bond polypeptide

peptide

1. A chemical compound that is composed of a chain of two or more amino acids and is usually smaller than a protein. The amino acids can be alike or different. Many hormones and antibiotics are peptides.

Word History and Origins

Origin of peptide¹

1905–10; pept(ic) + -ide ( def. )

Example Sentences

On offer: sauna and cold plunge, but also peptide treatments and hyperbaric oxygen chambers.

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CSBio, a contract manufacturer of custom peptides for biotechs and pharmaceutical companies, is planning to set up a manufacturing operation in Montana and open treatment clinics.

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Metsera’s oral peptide, which is entering human testing, may be more effective and more tolerable.

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The team engineered a peptide fragment that locks alpha-synuclein into its healthy shape, blocking its conversion into the toxic clumps that cause nerve cell death.

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Collagen is a large molecule so companies have now started to break it up into smaller pieces - collagen peptides - otherwise known as hydrolysed collagen.

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