Polypeptide Overview

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Peptides are short polymers formed from the linking, in a defined order, of -amino acids. The link between one amino acid residue and the next is known as an amide bond or a peptide bond. Proteins are polypeptide molecules . The distinction is that peptides are short and polypeptides/proteins are long. There are several different conventions to determine these, all of which have caveats and nuances. One convention is that...


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how do you write a protein let's say methionine is it M, or just write methionine?? ...

Methionine is not a protein, it is an amino acid, and yes M is the symbol as well as Met (three letter symbol) for methionine. Proteins (polypeptides) are made...

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    i know the function of heme in haemoglobin but what is the function of globulin polypeptide. i know the function of heme in haemoglobin but what is the function of globulin polypeptide...

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    , (the G underlined) will the number of amino acids in the resulting polypeptide chain be 6? Thanks, the guanine, (the G underlined) will the number of amino acids in the resulting polypeptide...

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