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A compound of two or more amino acids (a peptide) in which an amide link involves an amino group not in the alpha- position
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Proto-Indo-European *pekw- Proto-Indo-European *pékw-ye- Proto-Hellenic *péťťō Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf. Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō) Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der. German Peptonbor. English peptone Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide ▲ German Pepton ▲ Latin -idusder. German -id German Peptidbor. English peptide English isopeptide From iso- + peptide.
