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Peptide
Minggu, 2026-08-09 06:28:23

amino acids linked by peptide bonds. A polypeptide is a longer, continuous, unbranched peptide chain. Polypeptides that have a molecular mass of 10,000...

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Protein biosynthesis
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:50:25

bonds between the encoded amino acids to form a polypeptide chain. Following translation the polypeptide chain must fold to form a functional protein; for...

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Pancreatic polypeptide
Rabu, 2026-07-08 02:32:32

Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) is a polypeptide secreted by PP cells in the endocrine pancreas. It is a hormone and it regulates pancreatic secretion activities...

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Gastric inhibitory polypeptide
Jumat, 2026-08-07 02:09:26

Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), also known as glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, is an inhibiting hormone of the secretin family of hormones...

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Gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor
Jumat, 2026-08-07 00:49:41

The gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIP-R), also known as the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor, is a protein that in humans...

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Protein
Selasa, 2026-08-11 19:08:58

of amino acid residues is called a polypeptide. A protein contains at least one long polypeptide. Short polypeptides, containing less than 20–30 residues...

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Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Senin, 2024-09-30 08:50:18

In enzymology, a polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.41) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine...

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Amylin
Kamis, 2026-06-11 14:47:48

Amylin, or islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), is a 37-residue peptide hormone. It is co-secreted with insulin from the pancreatic β-cells in the ratio...

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Pancreatic polypeptide cells
Rabu, 2025-02-05 10:41:16

Pancreatic polypeptide cells (PP cells), or formerly as gamma cells (γ-cells), or F cells, are cells in the pancreatic islets (Islets of Langerhans) of...

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Peptide-O-fucosyltransferase
Rabu, 2024-01-24 01:17:19

class is GDP-beta-L-fucose:polypeptide O-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase. Other names in common use include GDP-L-fucose:polypeptide fucosyltransferase, GDP-fucose...

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Polypeptide antibiotic
Senin, 2025-10-06 06:47:18

Polypeptide antibiotics are a chemically diverse class of anti-infective and antitumor antibiotics containing non-protein polypeptide chains. Examples...

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PP
Minggu, 2026-07-05 08:23:28

antipsychotic medication Pancreatic polypeptide, a polypeptide secreted by PP cells PP cell or pancreatic polypeptide cell pro parte, abbreviated p.p.,...

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Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide
Senin, 2026-06-08 12:27:44

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide, also known as PACAP, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ADCYAP1 gene. PACAP is similar...

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Peptide synthesis
Selasa, 2026-08-11 19:01:52

instances, up to 50) amino acid residues. For the synthesis of longer polypeptide chains segment condensation is used, in which unprotected peptide segments...

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Momordica charantia
Senin, 2026-08-10 08:54:03

Momordica charantia (commonly called bitter melon, gouya, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karela, karavila and...

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IGLL5
Senin, 2026-06-22 12:10:14

like polypeptide 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IGLL5 gene. This gene encodes one of the immunoglobulin lambda-like polypeptides. It is...

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NACA (gene)
Kamis, 2025-07-17 01:01:40

Nascent-polypeptide-associated complex alpha polypeptide, also known as NACA, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the NACA gene. NACA prevents short...

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Organic anion transporter family
Jumat, 2026-04-17 19:19:22

the Organic Anion Transporter (OAT) Family (organic-anion-transporting polypeptides, OATP) are membrane transport proteins or 'transporters' that mediate...

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Translation (biology)
Senin, 2026-07-13 10:18:06

acid chain, or polypeptide. The polypeptide later folds into an active protein and performs its functions in the cell. The polypeptide can also start...

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ADCYAP1R1
Senin, 2026-04-13 11:33:02

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide type I receptor also known as PAC1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ADCYAP1R1 gene. This...

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Protein trimer
Selasa, 2026-06-23 13:48:19

regions on the polypeptides units help to stabilize the quaternary structure. Since a protein trimer is composed of multiple polypeptide subunits, it is...

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Peptide hormone
Jumat, 2026-06-26 05:05:18

Cholecystokinin (CCK) Gastrin Ghrelin Glucagon Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) Growth hormone Follicle-stimulating...

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Ribosomal tunnel
Minggu, 2026-08-02 11:14:05

or peptide tunnel, is a part of the ribosome that holds the nascent polypeptide chain during translation. The ribosomal tunnel is located in the large...

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PA-915
Senin, 2026-04-20 10:42:50

a selective antagonist of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide type I receptor (PAC1). In animal studies it has been found to prevent...

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Prion
Selasa, 2026-08-11 19:08:19

(PrPC) and infectious (PrPSc) forms of prion protein on a membrane: polypeptide (turquoise); glycans (red); glycolipid anchors (blue). The core structures...

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Custom peptide synthesis
Sabtu, 2025-10-04 19:21:46

Custom peptide synthesis is the commercial production of peptides for use in biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, pharmacology and molecular medicine...

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Molecular clamp
Sabtu, 2025-09-06 07:06:10

A molecular clamp is a polypeptide used to maintain the shape of proteins in some experimental vaccines. On a virus, pre-fusion proteins on their surface...

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List of human hormones
Senin, 2026-06-08 19:54:55

Tissue Cells Receptor Target Tissue Effect 11 Amylin (or Islet Amyloid Polypeptide) IAPP Peptide pancreas pancreatic β-cells amylin receptor Slows down...

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Nerve growth factor
Jumat, 2026-02-27 02:20:50

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Proopiomelanocortin
Kamis, 2026-02-05 00:11:18

precursor polypeptide with 241 amino acid residues. POMC is synthesized in corticotrophs of the anterior pituitary from the 267-amino-acid-long polypeptide precursor...

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Alcohol dehydrogenase
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:12:42

the ADH1B gene (responsible for production of an alcohol dehydrogenase polypeptide) shows several functional variants. In one, there is a SNP (single nucleotide...

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Ribosome-nascent chain complex
Kamis, 2022-10-27 04:40:04

constitute a ribosome attached to the polypeptide (protein) that it is synthesising. The synthesis of the nascent polypeptide may be stalled by one of several...

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Immunoglobulin light chain
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 06:42:42

The immunoglobulin light chain is the small polypeptide subunit of an antibody (immunoglobulin). A typical antibody is composed of two immunoglobulin...

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Neuropeptide Y receptor type 4
Jumat, 2026-07-24 17:56:55

known as Pancreatic polypeptide receptor 1 (PPYR1), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPY4R gene. Pancreatic polypeptide Neuropeptide Y (endogenous...

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Elastin-like polypeptides
Rabu, 2026-04-08 23:52:54

Elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) are synthetic biopolymers with potential applications in the fields of cancer therapy, tissue scaffolding, metal recovery...

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Follicle-stimulating hormone
Rabu, 2026-06-24 02:18:33

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a gonadotropin, a glycoprotein polypeptide hormone. FSH is synthesized and secreted by the gonadotropic cells of...

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Ribosome
Selasa, 2026-08-11 19:15:32

molecule and, with the aid of transfer RNA (tRNA), links amino acids into a polypeptide chain. Each ribosome comprises a small and a large subunit, each composed...

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Protein metabolism
Rabu, 2026-05-13 04:07:23

making a polypeptide chain. This polypeptide chain then goes through post translational modifications and is sometimes joined with other polypeptide chains...

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Protein folding
Kamis, 2026-07-02 12:01:19

The folding of many proteins begins even during the translation of the polypeptide chain. The amino acids interact with each other to produce a well-defined...

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POLR2L
Minggu, 2025-09-14 00:02:12

PMID 8786124. "Entrez Gene: POLR2L polymerase (RNA) II (DNA directed) polypeptide L, 7.6kDa". Acker J, de Graaff M, Cheynel I, Khazak V, Kedinger C, Vigneron...

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Propionyl-CoA carboxylase
Kamis, 2026-01-01 08:48:07

a polypeptide encoded by a gene form an aggregate, this protein structure is referred to as a multimer. When a multimer is formed from polypeptides produced...

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Calcitonin
Jumat, 2026-08-07 13:38:48

other gastrointestinal disorders, and pulmonary disease. Calcitonin is a polypeptide hormone of 32 amino acids, with a molecular weight of 3454.93 daltons...

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Protein tertiary structure
Senin, 2026-08-10 13:48:15

three-dimensional shape of a protein. The tertiary structure will have a single polypeptide chain "backbone" with one or more protein secondary structures, the protein...

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One Piece
Jumat, 2026-08-07 14:26:30

Steven A.; Lemaitre, Bruno (August 25, 2021). "The Drosophila Baramicin polypeptide gene protects against fungal infection". PLOS Pathogens. 17 (8) e1009846...

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Cyclic peptide
Selasa, 2026-06-23 02:13:46

Cyclic peptides are polypeptide chains which contain a circular sequence of bonds. This can be through a connection between the amino and carboxyl ends...

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Neurofilament light polypeptide
Minggu, 2026-08-02 03:10:35

Neurofilament light polypeptide is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NEFL gene. Neurofilament light polypeptide is a member of the intermediate...

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Benzilone
Jumat, 2025-12-26 20:30:53

basal secretion of pancreatic-polypeptide and gastric acid. Depression by cholinergic blockade of pancreatic-polypeptide concentrations in plasma". Gastroenterology...

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Congenital hypofibrinogenemia
Sabtu, 2025-11-22 08:56:55

protein is composed of two trimers each of which is composed of three polypeptide chains, Aα (also termed α) encoded by the FGA gene, Bβ (also termed β)...

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Endocrine system
Minggu, 2026-05-31 01:34:40

pancreas starts producing insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide. During the early stages of fetal development, the number of pancreatic...

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Vasoactive intestinal peptide
Senin, 2026-05-25 05:22:27

Vasoactive intestinal peptide, also known as vasoactive intestinal polypeptide or VIP, is a peptide hormone that is vasoactive in the intestine. VIP is...

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Macupatide
Jumat, 2026-08-07 16:45:40

Macupatide (LY3532226) is a glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonist under development for diabetes and obesity. Roell, William;...

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GALNT2
Kamis, 2025-07-17 23:39:35

Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALNT2 gene. This gene encodes polypeptide...

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Protein precursor
Senin, 2025-06-30 10:44:06

A protein precursor, also called a pro-protein or pro-peptide, is an inactive protein (or peptide) that can be turned into an active form by post-translational...

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N-terminus
Rabu, 2026-07-29 16:31:43

is the start of a protein or polypeptide, referring to the free amine group (-NH2) located at the end of a polypeptide. Within a peptide, the amine group...

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Draculin
Jumat, 2026-07-10 01:27:31

member of the lactotransferrin protein family. It is a single-chain polypeptide protein composed of 708 amino acids, weighing about 88.5 kDa when reduced...

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GALNT13
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 12:53:11

Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 13 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALNT13 gene. The GALNT13 protein is a member of the...

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POLR1C
Rabu, 2025-07-16 05:10:33

PMID 12446911. S2CID 36392120. "Entrez Gene: POLR1C polymerase (RNA) I polypeptide C, 30kDa". Yamamoto K, Yamamoto M, Hanada K, Nogi Y, Matsuyama T, Muramatsu...

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Oluf Borbye Pedersen
Rabu, 2026-04-15 14:16:49

cardio-metabolic health, including the identification of human gut microbiome polypeptide hormones (RORDEP1/2) with endocrine-like effects. He was appointed Knight...

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Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
Rabu, 2026-08-12 00:11:21

catalytic, alpha polypeptide p110-α 2.7.1.153 PIK3CB PI3K, catalytic, beta polypeptide p110-β PIK3CG PI3K, catalytic, gamma polypeptide p110-γ PIK3CD PI3K...

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone
Senin, 2026-06-08 21:36:26

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH; also adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin) is a polypeptide tropic hormone produced by and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland...

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Iron supplement
Minggu, 2026-07-19 17:51:29

sources of iron, but not to a clinically significant degree. Heme iron polypeptide (HIP) (e.g., Proferrin ES and Proferrin Forte) can be used when regular...

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Amyloid
Selasa, 2026-08-11 06:21:52

proteins. These polypeptide chains generally form β-sheet structures that aggregate into long fibers; however, identical polypeptides can fold into multiple...

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Atrial natriuretic peptide
Selasa, 2026-03-24 00:44:26

Atrial natriuretic peptide (natriuretic polypeptide (ANP) or atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a natriuretic peptide hormone secreted from the cardiac...

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Protein structure
Rabu, 2026-05-27 18:00:30

in an amino acid-chain molecule. Proteins are polymers – specifically polypeptides – formed from sequences of amino acids, which are the monomers of the...

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POLR2A
Kamis, 2025-07-17 01:19:39

of Medicine. "Entrez Gene: POLR2A polymerase (RNA) II (DNA directed) polypeptide A, 220kDa". Krum SA, Miranda GA, Lin C, Lane TF (December 2003). "BRCA1...

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Coagulation factor XIII A chain
Rabu, 2025-07-16 04:32:14

Library of Medicine. "Entrez Gene: F13A1 coagulation factor XIII, A1 polypeptide". Carrell NA, Erickson HP, McDonagh J (Jan 1989). "Electron microscopy...

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C-terminus
Rabu, 2026-07-29 16:31:08

end, or COOH-terminus) is the end of an amino acid chain (protein or polypeptide), terminated by a free carboxyl group (-COOH). When the protein is translated...

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Sex hormone
Kamis, 2025-08-14 11:19:10

through membrane-associated receptors and signaling cascades. Certain polypeptide hormones including the luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone...

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Sermorelin
Selasa, 2026-07-07 01:16:07

purpose of diagnosing growth hormone deficiency. It is a 29-amino acid polypeptide representing the 1–29 fragment from endogenous human GHRH, thought to...

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Pituitary gland
Senin, 2026-08-03 16:27:31

STH Polypeptide Somatotrophs Acidophil Liver, adipose tissue Promotes growth; lipid and carbohydrate metabolism Prolactin Lactotropin PRL Polypeptide Lactotrophs...

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Ferritin light chain
Selasa, 2026-06-30 12:59:19

Annales De Genetique. 40 (4): 227–228. PMID 9526618. "FTL ferritin, light polypeptide". National Center for Biotechnology Information. 5 July 2009. Retrieved...

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Growth hormone
Senin, 2026-08-10 19:58:51

receptors on certain types of cells. GH is a 191-amino acid, single-chain polypeptide that is synthesized, stored and secreted by somatotropic cells within...

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Smallpox
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:34:10

envelope is made of modified Golgi membranes containing viral-specific polypeptides, including hemagglutinin. Infection with either variola major virus or...

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NFKB2
Rabu, 2025-12-31 02:33:35

PMID 1876189. S2CID 4237376. "Entrez Gene: NFKB2 nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells 2 (p49/p100)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Chen K...

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One gene–one enzyme hypothesis
Minggu, 2025-10-05 22:24:57

oversimplification. Even the subsequent reformulation of the "one gene–one polypeptide" hypothesis is now considered too simple to describe the relationship...

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MYL9
Jumat, 2025-07-18 00:31:53

Myosin regulatory light polypeptide 9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYL9 gene. Myosin, a structural component of muscle, consists of two...

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Protein complex
Senin, 2026-06-01 21:01:38

associated polypeptide chains. Protein complexes are distinct from multidomain enzymes, in which multiple catalytic domains are found in a single polypeptide chain...

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Native chemical ligation
Senin, 2026-06-29 12:27:11

extension of the chemical ligation concept for constructing a larger polypeptide chain by the covalent condensation of two or more unprotected peptides...

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Kininogen
Kamis, 2025-10-30 12:56:09

Kininogens are precursor proteins for kinins, biologically active polypeptides involved in blood coagulation, vasodilation, smooth muscle contraction,...

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Brenipatide
Senin, 2026-08-10 15:17:25

of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptors and gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) receptors. Brenipatide is under development by Eli Lilly and Company...

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Kinin–kallikrein system
Senin, 2026-05-11 14:01:12

needed] The system consists of a number of large proteins, some small polypeptides and a group of enzymes that activate and deactivate the compounds.[citation...

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Glucagon receptor family
Rabu, 2024-01-17 17:09:22

peptide 1 receptor Glucagon-like peptide 2 receptor Gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor The first three receptors bind closely related peptide hormones...

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SCYE1
Jumat, 2025-07-18 01:17:08

et al. (1992). "Endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide II. A novel tumor-derived polypeptide that activates host-response mechanisms". J. Biol...

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GALNT6
Kamis, 2025-07-17 00:23:11

Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALNT6 gene. This gene encodes a member of the...

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Polysome
Jumat, 2026-01-30 01:30:22

and two or more ribosomes that act to translate mRNA instructions into polypeptides. Originally coined "ergosomes" in 1963, they were further characterized...

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IκBα
Jumat, 2025-11-14 02:01:16

IκBα (nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor alpha; NFKBIA) is one member of a family of cellular proteins that...

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PDGFB
Kamis, 2025-07-17 01:15:17

a heterodimer with the platelet-derived growth factor alpha (PDGFA) polypeptide (PDGF-AB), where the dimers are connected by disulfide bonds. Mutations...

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Pancreas
Selasa, 2026-08-11 06:46:18

secreting the hormones insulin, glucagon, somatostatin and pancreatic polypeptide. As a part of the digestive system, it functions as an exocrine gland...

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Translocon
Selasa, 2026-07-28 05:42:31

for a protein channel in biological membranes that functions to move polypeptides across the membrane or insert them into the lipid bilayer. This structure...

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Napin
Senin, 2026-07-06 04:28:23

composed of two polypeptide chains roughly ~14 kDa in weight -- a ~4.5 kDa smaller polypeptide chain and a large ~10 kDa polypeptide chain, stabilized...

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MAP6
Senin, 2025-10-20 08:14:16

Microtubule-associated protein 6 (MAP6) or stable tubule-only polypeptide (STOP or STOP protein) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAP6 gene...

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Thymopoietin
Selasa, 2025-10-21 09:56:17

Lamina-associated polypeptide 2 (LAP2), isoforms beta/gamma is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TMPO gene. LAP2 is an inner nuclear membrane...

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NEFM
Selasa, 2026-08-04 21:22:25

Neurofilament medium polypeptide (NF-M) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NEFM gene. Neurofilaments are type IV intermediate filament heteropolymers...

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Macromolecule
Senin, 2026-06-15 03:24:36

the protein with specific activities beyond those associated with the polypeptide chain alone.[citation needed] RNA is multifunctional, its primary function...

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Amylin family
Selasa, 2023-10-31 12:03:56

gene-related peptide (CGRP), islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) and adrenomedullin. Calcitonin is a 32 amino acid polypeptide hormone that causes a rapid but short-lived...

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Connective tissue
Kamis, 2026-07-23 22:00:16

Location Collagen fibers Bind bones and other tissues to each other Alpha polypeptide chains Tendon, ligament, skin, cornea, cartilage, bone, blood vessels...

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Membrane protein
Selasa, 2026-02-10 18:15:39

proteins to be moved across the membrane and the Ribosome synthesizes the polypeptide directly through it. The start-transfer-sequence is attached to the Translocon...

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Luteinizing hormone beta polypeptide
Rabu, 2025-10-22 00:41:17

hormone subunit beta also known as lutropin subunit beta or LHβ is a polypeptide that in association with an alpha subunit common to all gonadotropin...

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Epidermal growth factor
Selasa, 2026-06-23 03:14:41

EGF has been found to be stimulated by testosterone.[citation needed] Polypeptide growth factors include: EGF acts by binding with high affinity to epidermal...

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IKBKB
Sabtu, 2026-07-11 02:02:05

protein that in humans is encoded by the IKBKB (inhibitor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells, kinase beta) gene. IKK-β is an enzyme that...

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HHV infected cell polypeptide 0
Sabtu, 2026-08-01 22:14:57

Human herpes virus (HHV) infected cell polypeptide 0 (ICP0) is a protein, encoded by the DNA of herpes viruses. It is produced by herpes viruses during...

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GALNT1
Kamis, 2025-12-18 19:07:40

Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALNT1 gene. This gene encodes a member of the...

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Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I
Selasa, 2025-10-28 04:58:58

The enzyme complex consists of 3-4 subunits (prokaryotes) up to 13 polypeptides (mammals) of which only the catalytic subunit (equivalent to mammalian...

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Colostrinin
Jumat, 2026-02-27 21:45:55

Colostrinin (also known as CLN, proline-rich polypeptides or PRP) is a mixture of proline-rich polypeptides extracted from colostrum from sheep and cows...

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Tirzepatide
Selasa, 2026-08-11 00:24:12

Tirzepatide is a gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) analog and a GLP-1 receptor agonist. It is used as an antidiabetic medication to treat type 2 diabetes...

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Enramycin
Kamis, 2025-12-25 02:18:38

Enramycin (also known as enduracidin) is a polypeptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces fungicidus. Enramycin is widely used as a feed additive for...

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Vaginal lubrication
Kamis, 2026-05-07 01:41:06

human vagina is serviced by nerves that respond to vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). As a result, VIP induces an increase in vaginal blood flow accompanied...

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Signal recognition particle receptor
Jumat, 2024-06-28 15:12:39

(signal recognition particle) is a molecule that helps the ribosome-mRNA-polypeptide complexes to settle down on the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum...

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Subtherapeutic antibiotic use in swine
Jumat, 2025-05-30 05:15:58

Disease treatment, prevention, and growth High Lincosamide Disease treatment High Pleuromutilin Growth Not Polypeptide Growth Not Carbadox Growth Not...

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T-cell surface glycoprotein CD3 epsilon chain
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 14:29:06

CD3e molecule, epsilon also known as CD3E is a polypeptide which in humans is encoded by the CD3E gene which resides on chromosome 11. The protein encoded...

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Glucagon
Senin, 2026-08-10 19:57:37

belongs to the secretin family of hormones. Glucagon is a 29-amino acid polypeptide. Its primary structure in humans is: NH2-His-Ser-Gln-Gly-Thr-Phe-Thr...

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Morin (flavonol)
Kamis, 2026-06-04 14:39:36

Morin was also found to inhibit amyloid formation by islet amyloid polypeptide (or amylin) and disaggregate amyloid fibers. Morin can be used to test...

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FTH1P5
Sabtu, 2026-06-20 20:14:56

Ferritin, heavy polypeptide 1 pseudogene 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FTH1P5 gene. "Entrez Gene: Ferritin, heavy polypeptide 1 pseudogene...

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Vincent du Vigneaud
Jumat, 2026-07-31 10:06:16

important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone," a reference to his work on the peptide hormone oxytocin. Vincent...

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P-Azobenzenearsonate
Rabu, 2025-07-16 05:07:42

formation and delayed hypersensitivity when bound to aromatic amino acids, polypeptides or proteins. It is used as an immunologic research tool. p-Azobenzenearsonate...

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RNA polymerase II subunit B4
Kamis, 2025-07-17 01:30:38

PMID 9528765. "Entrez Gene: POLR2D polymerase (RNA) II (DNA directed) polypeptide D". Jeang KT (1998). "Tat, Tat-associated kinase, and transcription"...

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Proteolysis
Minggu, 2026-08-09 09:35:28

Proteolysis is the breakdown of proteins into smaller polypeptides or amino acids. Protein degradation is a major regulatory mechanism of gene expression...

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Enzyme Commission number
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 20:45:51

those hydrolases that cleave off the amino-terminal amino acid from a polypeptide EC 3.4.11.4 are those that cleave off the amino-terminal end from a tripeptide...

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TGF beta 1
Minggu, 2026-08-09 00:57:28

Transforming growth factor beta 1 or TGF-β1 is a polypeptide member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily of cytokines. It is a secreted...

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Alpha helix
Senin, 2026-07-20 13:35:20

when Pauling caught a cold and went to bed. Being bored, he drew a polypeptide chain of roughly correct dimensions on a strip of paper and folded it...

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Beta sheet
Kamis, 2026-04-09 16:12:27

forming a generally twisted, pleated sheet. A β-strand is a stretch of polypeptide chain typically 3 to 10 amino acids long with backbone in an extended...

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Glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide
Rabu, 2026-06-17 14:19:22

Glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CGA gene. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and the gonadotropin...

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GPT
Senin, 2026-08-10 18:17:55

glutamate pyruvate transaminase, a mammalian protein Goniopora toxin, a polypeptide toxin UDP-N-acetylglucosamine—undecaprenyl-phosphate...

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Ponceau S
Minggu, 2026-07-19 20:02:17

effect on the sequencing of blotted polypeptides and is therefore one method of choice for locating polypeptides on western blots for blot-sequencing...

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Integrin alpha L
Jumat, 2025-07-18 00:00:16

(antigen CD11A (p180), lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1; alpha polypeptide), also known as ITGAL, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the...

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Isopeptidase
Rabu, 2026-06-17 05:26:21

isopeptide bonds, or amide bonds that occur outside the main chain in a polypeptide chain. Isopeptide bonds occur in the linkage of protein amino acid side...

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Sodium/bile acid cotransporter
Selasa, 2025-10-14 23:47:31

acid cotransporter also known as the Na+-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) or liver bile acid transporter (LBAT) is a protein that in humans...

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Biosynthesis
Senin, 2026-02-23 11:56:24

initiation, the polypeptide chain is extended via anticodon:codon interactions, with the ribosome adding amino acids to the polypeptide chain one at a...

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Stop codon
Minggu, 2026-02-08 01:30:08

messenger RNA correspond to the addition of an amino acid to a growing polypeptide chain, which may ultimately become a protein; stop codons signal the...

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APOBEC
Minggu, 2026-01-25 14:27:01

APOBEC ("apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide") is a family of evolutionarily conserved cytidine deaminases. A mechanism of generating...

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POLR2F
Kamis, 2025-07-17 01:19:44

PMID 8786150. "Entrez Gene: POLR2F polymerase (RNA) II (DNA directed) polypeptide F". Acker J, de Graaff M, Cheynel I, et al. (July 1997). "Interactions...

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GALNT3
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 12:53:12

Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALNT3 gene. This gene encodes UDP-GalNAc transferase 3...

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TIMM8A
Rabu, 2025-10-22 12:14:04

Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit Tim8 A, also known as deafness-dystonia peptide or protein is an enzyme that in humans is encoded...

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Scientific method
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 05:41:07

Cochran W, Crick FHC and Vand V. (1952) "The Structure of Synthetic Polypeptides. I. The Transform of Atoms on a Helix", Acta Crystallogr., 5, 581–586...

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Bacitracin
Rabu, 2026-05-27 04:21:36

Bacitracin is a polypeptide antibiotic. It is a mixture of related cyclic peptides produced by Bacillus licheniformis bacteria, that was first isolated...

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Thyroxine
Sabtu, 2026-07-11 20:50:14

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Human placental lactogen
Senin, 2026-04-20 04:34:53

chorionic somatomammotropin (hCS) or human chorionic somatotropin, is a polypeptide placental hormone, the human form of placental lactogen (chorionic somatomammotropin)...

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Liprin-alpha-1
Kamis, 2025-07-17 00:47:06

have been described. Protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, f polypeptide (PTPRF), interacting protein (liprin), alpha 1 has been shown to interact...

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Pancreatic islets
Selasa, 2026-08-11 18:59:59

amylin (≈70%) PP cells (gamma cells or F cells) producing pancreatic polypeptide (<5%) Delta cells producing somatostatin (<10%) Epsilon cells producing...

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Polymyxin
Jumat, 2025-09-19 00:41:16

in Enterobacteriaceae. Polymyxins are a group of cyclic non-ribosomal polypeptide (NRPs) which are biosynthesized by bacteria belonging to the genus Paenibacillus...

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CYP4Z1
Minggu, 2025-07-27 19:16:54

CYP4Z1 (cytochrome P450, family 4, subfamily Z, polypeptide 1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP4Z1 gene. This gene encodes a member of...

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Dipeptide
Kamis, 2026-08-06 14:48:38

synthesis for the preparation of dipeptides. Dipeptides are produced from polypeptides by the action of the hydrolase enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase. Dietary proteins...

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Ribbon diagram
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 11:08:40

Ribbon diagrams are generated by interpolating a smooth curve through the polypeptide backbone. α-helices are shown as coiled ribbons or thick tubes, β-sheets...

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COX7A2
Kamis, 2025-07-17 00:00:26

Cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide 7A2, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the COX7A2 gene. Cytochrome c oxidase (COX), the terminal...

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Biopolymer
Minggu, 2026-07-12 10:25:26

polynucleotides, polypeptides, and polysaccharides. The polynucleotides, RNA and DNA, are long polymers of nucleotides. Polypeptides include proteins...

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Neuroendocrine tumor
Rabu, 2026-06-10 08:56:19

special secretory granules, and often producing biogenic amines and polypeptide hormones. The term "neuro" refers to the dense core granules, similar...

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GP1BA
Senin, 2026-07-13 05:07:19

glycoprotein Ib alpha chain, also known as glycoprotein Ib (platelet), alpha polypeptide or CD42b (Cluster of Differentiation 42b), is a protein that in humans...

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Retinohypothalamic tract
Rabu, 2025-05-28 21:32:40

discussed more in detail later. Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is co-stored and co-transmitted with glutamate in retinal terminals...

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Cystatin C
Selasa, 2026-07-21 13:17:57

neuroendocrine basic polypeptide), is a protein encoded by the CST3 gene. In humans most nucleated cells produce cystatin C as a polypeptide of 120 amino acids...

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Amino acid N-carboxyanhydride
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:14:38

polymerization of NCA’s have been considered as a prebiotic route to polypeptides. NCAs can also be used to form amides and lactams by reaction of carboxylic...

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Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with immune deficiency
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 00:02:06

The nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, alpha protein, produced by the NKFBIA gene...

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Casein kinase 2, alpha 1
Rabu, 2026-06-17 22:10:00

04.068. PMID 17524418. "Entrez Gene: CSNK2A1 casein kinase 2, alpha 1 polypeptide". Pyerin W, Ackermann K (2003). "The genes encoding human protein kinase...

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1-Fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene
Jumat, 2026-07-17 13:51:05

or FDNB) is a chemical that reacts with the N-terminal amino acid of polypeptides. This can be helpful for sequencing proteins. In 1936, Gottlieb presented...

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UGT2A1
Selasa, 2026-01-27 09:13:26

UDP glucuronosyltransferase 2 family, polypeptide B1, also known as UGT2B1, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UGT2B1 gene. The olfactory neuroepithelium...

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Chloroplast
Selasa, 2026-08-11 22:45:01

protein, or within the functional part of the protein. After a chloroplast polypeptide is synthesized on a ribosome in the cytosol, an enzyme specific to chloroplast...

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Elongation factor
Selasa, 2023-11-14 07:01:48

from the formation of the first to the last peptide bond of a growing polypeptide. Most common elongation factors in prokaryotes are EF-Tu, EF-Ts, EF-G...

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Viomycin
Minggu, 2026-01-11 00:30:13

Viomycin is a member of the tuberactinomycin family, a group of nonribosomal peptide antibiotics exhibiting anti-tuberculosis activity. The tuberactinomycin...

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Turn (biochemistry)
Jumat, 2026-06-26 22:23:45

A turn is an element of secondary structure in proteins where the polypeptide chain reverses its overall direction. According to one definition, a turn...

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Barry Posner (physician)
Rabu, 2025-12-03 00:11:34

Anatomy & Cell Biology at McGill University, where he also managed the Polypeptide and Protein Hormone Laboratory. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he received...

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Protein subunit
Sabtu, 2025-12-27 19:29:03

In structural biology, a protein subunit is a polypeptide chain or single protein molecule that assembles (or "coassembles") with others to form a protein...

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Human chorionic gonadotropin
Kamis, 2026-04-09 14:53:53

Chorionic gonadotropin, alpha polypeptide Identifiers Symbol CGA Alt. symbols FSHA, GPHa, GPHA1, HCG, LHA, TSHA NCBI gene 1081 HGNC 1885 OMIM 118850 RefSeq...

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Mario Capecchi
Selasa, 2026-07-21 02:27:59

8, 2009. Capecchi, Mario (1967). On the Mechanism of Suppression and Polypeptide Chain Initiation (PhD thesis). Harvard University. ProQuest 302261581...

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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
Senin, 2025-10-13 06:37:33

PanNETS have symptoms related to excessive secretion of hormones or active polypeptides and are accordingly labeled as "functional"; the symptoms reflect the...

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Arylomycin
Kamis, 2024-01-25 01:52:00

The arylomycins are a class of antibiotics initially isolated from a soil sample obtained in Cape Coast, Ghana. In this initial isolation, two families...

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Peptide YY
Jumat, 2026-04-10 20:51:55

YY3-36 (PYY) is a linear polypeptide consisting of 34 amino acids with structural homology to NPY and pancreatic polypeptide. The PP-fold motif is found...

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CYP1A1
Senin, 2026-03-16 23:49:53

Cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily A, polypeptide 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP1A1 gene. The protein is a member of the cytochrome...

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Cardiotoxin III
Kamis, 2025-12-11 21:33:55

Cardiotoxin III (CTX III, also known as cytotoxin 3) is a sixty amino-acid polypeptide toxin from the Taiwan cobra Naja atra. CTX III is highly basic and hydrophobic...

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GALNT14
Kamis, 2025-07-17 23:39:33

Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 14 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALNT14 gene. GALNT14 (EC 2.4.1.41) belongs to a large...

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Stomach
Kamis, 2026-06-04 07:59:17

enzyme into the active form, pepsin. Pepsin breaks down proteins into polypeptides. Within a few moments after food enters the stomach, mixing waves begin...

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UGT2B4
Rabu, 2025-07-16 05:26:17

UDP glucuronosyltransferase 2 family, polypeptide B4, also known as UGT2B4, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UGT2B4 gene. UGT2B4 is mainly...

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Incretin
Rabu, 2026-07-01 13:11:52

inhibitory peptide (GIP, also known as: glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide). GIP is produced and secreted into the blood by K cells located in the...

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Vitamin D
Selasa, 2026-08-11 21:23:31

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Protein secondary structure
Sabtu, 2026-06-27 19:31:01

Protein secondary structure is the local spatial conformation of the polypeptide backbone excluding the side chains. The two most common secondary structural...

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Protein domain
Senin, 2026-08-10 13:55:08

In molecular biology, a protein domain is a region of a protein's polypeptide chain that is self-stabilizing and folds independently from the rest. Each...

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GP1BB
Kamis, 2025-07-17 00:26:26

Glycoprotein Ib (platelet), beta polypeptide (GP1BB) also known as CD42c (Cluster of Differentiation 42c), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the...

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Lattice protein
Kamis, 2025-10-02 03:23:15

A schematic of a thermodynamically stable conformation of a generic polypeptide. Note the high number of hydrophobic contacts. amino acid residues are...

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MEF2C
Kamis, 2025-11-13 23:39:21

enhancer factor 2C also known as MADS box transcription enhancer factor 2, polypeptide C is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MEF2C gene. MEF2C is...

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Azemiopsin
Rabu, 2026-06-10 02:31:35

venom, is a polypeptide that consists of 21 amino acid residues. It does not contain cysteine residues or disulfide bridges. The polypeptide can block skeletal...

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POLR2J2
Rabu, 2025-07-16 05:10:37

DNA directed RNA polymerase II polypeptide J-related gene, also known as POLR2J2, is a human gene. This gene is a member of the RNA polymerase II subunit...

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Skeeter syndrome
Kamis, 2026-04-23 16:46:00

blistering, ulceration and sometimes fever. It is caused by allergenic polypeptides in mosquito saliva, and therefore is not contagious. It is one of several...

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Folding
Senin, 2026-04-20 20:52:21

art of folding paper Protein folding, the physical process by which a polypeptide folds into its characteristic and functional three-dimensional structure...

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Biomolecule
Selasa, 2026-06-16 00:06:11

individual. It specifies the order of side-chain groups along the linear polypeptide "backbone". Proteins have two types of well-classified, frequently occurring...

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UDP glucuronosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A1
Minggu, 2026-06-28 00:31:52

glucuronosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A1". Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM): UDP-glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A1; UGT1A1 - 191740 Online...

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Amino acid
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 22:07:24

disulfide bonds to other cysteine residues. Proline forms a cycle to the polypeptide backbone, and glycine is more flexible than other amino acids. Glycine...

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IKBKG
Kamis, 2025-07-17 00:36:26

IP1, IP2, IPD2, NEMO, ZC2HC9, IKKAP1, IKKG, inhibitor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells, kinase gamma, inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa...

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Protein primary structure
Rabu, 2026-06-24 00:11:39

databases now exist that collate known protein sequences. In general, polypeptides are unbranched polymers, so their primary structure can often be specified...

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Zimm–Bragg model
Kamis, 2024-10-17 10:44:36

provide a reasonable approximation of the fractional helicity of a given polypeptide; the Zimm–Bragg model differs by incorporating the ease of propagation...

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Gastrointestinal hormone
Jumat, 2026-06-19 23:00:39

glucose homeostasis and gastric motility Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide possesses an acute influence on food intake through its effects on adipocytes...

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Unfolded protein response
Jumat, 2026-05-15 17:16:35

strand being fed through the polypeptide translocator directly into the ER. Protein folding commences as soon as the polypeptide enters to the luminal environment...

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Chaperone (protein)
Jumat, 2026-07-24 12:52:23

folding by binding to and stabilizing folding intermediates until the polypeptide chain is fully translated. The specific mode of function of chaperones...

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Process molecular gene concept
Jumat, 2022-08-12 15:37:33

alternative definition of a gene that states that in order for synthesis of a polypeptide to occur you need non-DNA factors and regulatory regions to regulate...

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Iron preparation
Rabu, 2026-04-01 09:28:27

anemia where oral therapy is ineffective or impracticable. Haem iron polypeptide is available in oral and parenteral dosage form. Oral formulation is...

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Collagen
Rabu, 2026-08-12 07:21:20

preprocollagen, have registration peptides on each end and a signal peptide. Polypeptide chains are released into the lumen of the RER. Signal peptides are cleaved...

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Central dogma of molecular biology
Jumat, 2026-08-07 18:19:02

tRNA. Each tRNA bears the appropriate amino acid residue to add to the polypeptide chain being synthesised. As the amino acids get linked into the growing...

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Hydrophobic collapse
Jumat, 2023-07-07 03:28:45

3-D conformation adopted by polypeptides and other molecules in polar solvents. The theory states that the nascent polypeptide forms initial secondary structure...

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Factor XIII
Rabu, 2025-03-26 03:14:41

Factor XIII of human blood is a heterotetramer of two A and two B linear polypeptides or "units". A units are potentially catalytic; B units are not. A units...

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Foreign body reaction
Selasa, 2026-08-11 18:04:39

A foreign body reaction (FBR) is a typical tissue response to a foreign body within biological tissue. It usually includes the formation of a foreign body...

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RNA polymerase
Senin, 2026-08-10 18:43:04

is translated into a polypeptide chain at a ribosome; Transfer RNA (tRNA) Transfers specific amino acids to growing polypeptide chains at the ribosomal...

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EF-Tu
Selasa, 2026-08-11 23:00:23

acid of an aminoacyl-tRNA (also known as a charged tRNA) to the growing polypeptide chain. There are three sites on the ribosome for tRNA binding. These...

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Fibrous protein
Minggu, 2025-11-09 22:49:49

membrane proteins). Fibrous proteins are made up of elongated or fibrous polypeptide chains which form filamentous and sheet-like structures. This kind of...

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MHC class I polypeptide–related sequence A
Minggu, 2026-06-21 15:05:06

MHC class I polypeptide–related sequence A (MICA) is a highly polymorphic cell surface glycoprotein encoded by the MICA gene located within the MHC locus...

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Polyamide
Kamis, 2026-06-11 04:36:21

of polyamide (PA) consumption. Polymers of amino acids are known as polypeptides or proteins. According to the composition of their main chain, synthetic...

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Protease
Selasa, 2026-06-16 06:04:18

enzyme that catalyzes proteolysis, breaking down proteins into smaller polypeptides or single amino acids, and spurring the formation of new protein products...

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Fusion protein
Jumat, 2026-05-01 06:52:06

proteins. Translation of this fusion gene results in a single or multiple polypeptides with functional properties derived from each of the original proteins...

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Copsin
Rabu, 2025-10-29 08:07:06

Copsin is a fungal defensin that acts as an antimicrobial polypeptide secreted from the inky cap mushroom, first reported at the end of 2014. The fungal...

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Motilin
Jumat, 2025-10-10 06:19:07

Motilin is a 22-amino acid polypeptide hormone in the motilin family that, in humans, is encoded by the MLN gene. Motilin is secreted by endocrine Mo...

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Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B3
Sabtu, 2025-10-11 22:18:35

family member 1B3 (SLCO1B3) also known as organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1B3 (OATP1B3) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLCO1B3 gene...

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Tyrothricin
Jumat, 2025-12-26 20:06:10

gramicidin and tyrocidine. Both gramicidin and tyrocidine are short polypeptides which disrupt the cell membranes of some, primarily Gram-positive, bacteria...

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Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide N
Selasa, 2025-10-21 03:55:30

is encoded by the SNRPN gene. The protein encoded by this gene is one polypeptide of a small nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex and belongs to the snRNP...

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Somatostatin
Kamis, 2026-07-09 01:58:36

"Vagal control of the release of somatostatin, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, gastrin-releasing peptide, and HCl from porcine non-antral stomach"...

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Calliphora vomitoria
Senin, 2026-07-20 12:20:51

mammalian hormone and it raises the possibility of these insulin-like or polypeptide-like materials serving as central nervous system regulatory hormones...

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Muscle hypertrophy
Minggu, 2026-08-09 01:06:31

nucleus. Then the mature mRNA is exported to the cytoplasm where it is translated. The polypeptide chain then folds and is post-translationally modified....

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II
Rabu, 2026-05-13 17:52:36

to: Image intensifier, medical imaging equipment Invariant chain, a polypeptide involved in the formation and transport of MHC class II protein Optic...

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Ferritin
Selasa, 2026-08-11 18:02:57

ferritin, light polypeptide Identifiers Symbol FTL NCBI gene 2512 HGNC 3999 OMIM 134790 RefSeq NM_000146 UniProt P02792 Other data Locus Chr. 19 q13.3–13...

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GNAS complex locus
Selasa, 2025-07-15 11:12:50

stands for Guanine Nucleotide binding protein, Alpha Stimulating activity polypeptide. This gene locus has a highly complex imprinted expression pattern. It...

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Chemical ligation
Kamis, 2025-07-10 10:18:04

used to make proteins of the typical size found in nature, i.e. with polypeptide chains containing 200–300 amino acids, produced by total synthesis. The...

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Tissue factor pathway inhibitor
Rabu, 2025-05-28 01:41:25

Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (or TFPI) is a single-chain polypeptide which can reversibly inhibit factor Xa (Xa). While Xa is inhibited, the Xa-TFPI...

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Delta atracotoxin
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 09:16:27

(δ-ACTX-Ar1, robustoxin, or robustotoxin) is a low-molecular mass neurotoxic polypeptide found in the venom of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus)....

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Myc-tag
Selasa, 2026-05-26 23:30:09

A myc tag is a polypeptide protein tag derived from the c-myc gene product that can be added to a protein using recombinant DNA technology. It can be...

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Mesohyl
Jumat, 2024-01-12 00:40:53

fibronectin-like molecules, galectin, and a minor component, dermatopontin. These polypeptides form the extracellular matrix which provides the platform for specific...

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Gene nomenclature
Selasa, 2026-07-28 13:24:27

similar polypeptides (such as GLP1 and GLP2) all come (via PTM) from proglucagon, which comes from preproglucagon, which is the polypeptide that the...

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Pimpla rufipes
Minggu, 2026-08-09 07:25:57

paralyze its hosts. This paralysis of its hosts is due to a paralytic polypeptide called pimplin in its venom, which allows for an easy oviposition. Furthermore...

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Transmembrane protein
Minggu, 2026-02-08 06:00:44

A transmembrane protein is a type of integral membrane protein that spans the entirety of the cell membrane. Many transmembrane proteins function as gateways...

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APUD cell
Senin, 2025-11-24 10:48:06

cells share the common function of secreting a low molecular weight polypeptide hormone. There are several different types which secrete the hormones...

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Enkephalin
Senin, 2026-05-18 12:30:57

is released along with endorphins. A 2017 study indicates that this polypeptide may be linked to brain functioning during the stress response, especially...

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Glycomacropeptide
Minggu, 2024-12-08 17:13:08

Glycosolated polypeptide in dairy...

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Sodium dodecyl sulfate
Jumat, 2026-08-07 16:11:43

charge-to-mass ratio. In this way, the difference in mobility of the polypeptide chains in the gel can be attributed solely to their length as opposed...

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Bone
Senin, 2026-07-06 12:02:55

collagen and ground substance. These cells synthesise collagen alpha polypeptide chains and then secrete collagen molecules. The collagen molecules associate...

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Post-translational modification
Selasa, 2026-08-11 04:55:08

spontaneously. Proteins are created by ribosomes, which translate mRNA into polypeptide chains, which may then change to form the mature protein product, which...

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Protein targeting
Senin, 2026-03-02 09:30:03

to an exposed peptide chain and slide the polypeptide into the ER lumen. Once in the lumen the polypeptide chain can be folded properly. This process...

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List of proteins
Jumat, 2026-07-17 12:29:50

organic compounds that are essential to life. They consist of a long polypeptide chain that usually adopts a single stable three-dimensional structure...

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Psi (Greek)
Selasa, 2026-03-17 08:38:23

com. Retrieved 2025-02-09. These angles describe the rotations of the polypeptide backbone around the bonds between N-Cα (called Phi, φ) and Cα-C (called...

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Type 3c diabetes
Jumat, 2026-05-29 16:01:07

as measured by HOMA-IR). Impaired incretin (e.g. GIP) or pancreatic polypeptide secretion. Low serum levels of lipid (fat) soluble vitamins (A, D, E...

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HLA-B27
Senin, 2026-05-25 23:06:39

peptide-binding cleft of the same polypeptide chain (in an act of self-display) or to the cleft of another polypeptide chain (in an act of cross-display)...

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DNA and RNA codon tables
Rabu, 2026-05-13 07:53:00

code for an amino acid but instead signal the release of the nascent polypeptide from the ribosome. In the standard code, the sequence AUG—read as methionine—can...

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Slippery sequence
Jumat, 2026-06-19 19:17:24

growing polypeptide chain is not indicated in image because there is not yet consensus on whether the −1 slip occurs before or after polypeptide is transferred...

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Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 2B1
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 14:20:47

transporter family member 2B1 also known as organic anion-transporting polypeptide 2B1 (OATP2B1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the gene SLCO2B1...

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C8 complex
Rabu, 2026-01-21 19:23:52

complement component 8, alpha polypeptide Identifiers Symbol C8A NCBI gene 731 HGNC 1352 OMIM 120950 RefSeq NM_000562 UniProt P07357 Other data Locus...

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Tropic hormone
Minggu, 2026-08-09 03:51:06

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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List of unsolved problems in chemistry
Senin, 2026-01-05 09:38:20

possible to predict the secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of a polypeptide sequence based solely on the sequence and environmental information?...

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CYP2U1
Minggu, 2025-07-27 19:02:44

CYP2U1 (cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily U, polypeptide 1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP2U1 gene This gene encodes a member of...

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Complementarity-determining region
Kamis, 2026-04-09 15:50:44

Complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) are polypeptide segments of the variable chains in immunoglobulins (antibodies) and T cell receptors, generated...

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Aminoacyl-tRNA
Senin, 2025-11-10 05:23:44

factors, deliver the amino acid to the ribosome for incorporation into the polypeptide chain that is being produced during translation. Alone, an amino acid...

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Lactase
Rabu, 2026-08-05 03:17:59

glucose. Preprolactase, the primary translation product, has a single polypeptide primary structure consisting of 1927 amino acids. It can be divided into...

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STOXX Europe 600
Sabtu, 2026-07-04 14:11:45

United Kingdom Exeter PIRC Pirelli Automobiles and Parts Italy Milan PLPH PolyPeptide Health Care  Switzerland Zug PAH3 Porsche SE Automobiles and Parts Germany...

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Aaron Ciechanover
Selasa, 2026-07-28 18:36:48

Technology. Ciehanover, A., Hod, Y. and Hershko, A. (1978). A Heat-stable Polypeptide Component of an ATP-dependent Proteolytic System from Reticulocytes....

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CTDSP1
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 12:31:48

Carboxy-terminal domain RNA polymerase II polypeptide A small phosphatase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CTDSP1 gene. CTDSP1 has been...

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Fluorogenic
Jumat, 2025-06-20 03:26:59

to derivative target compounds (e.g. labeling the primary amines of polypeptides), thereby allowing enhanced sensitivity through fluorescence based detection...

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Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B1
Jumat, 2025-07-18 01:25:20

organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP2). Identification of a liver-specific human organic anion transporting polypeptide and identification of rat...

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RHCE (gene)
Selasa, 2025-07-15 15:30:58

Blood group Rh(CE) polypeptide is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RHCE gene. RHCE has also recently been designated CD240CE (cluster of differentiation...

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Protein structure prediction
Sabtu, 2026-06-20 23:06:48

independent polypeptide chains. Secondary structure the interactions that occur between the C, O, and NH groups on amino acids in a polypeptide chain to...

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Β-Homoleucine
Rabu, 2025-01-15 06:54:36

quantities and make up most polypeptides in a cell. β-Amino acids, however, can also be found in nature and bound to polypeptides, although at a reduced frequency...

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Muscle
Rabu, 2026-08-12 11:19:34

mice, an intronic single nucleotide polymorphism in the Myosin heavy polypeptide 4 gene causes a great reduction in the amount of Type IIb muscle, yielding...

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PIK3C2B
Minggu, 2026-08-09 05:58:06

Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 3-kinase C2 domain-containing beta polypeptide is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PIK3C2B gene. The protein...

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Pyroglutamate aminopeptidase
Rabu, 2021-06-16 04:20:16

N-terminal end of a polypeptide forming a cyclical lactam to the next amino acid residue. This cyclic structure protects the polypeptide from degradation...

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Filariasis
Sabtu, 2026-06-27 10:07:25

encoded for a polypeptide with a predicted molecular weight of 20.8 kDa. Wb-SXP was found to be 85 percent identical to the BmSXP polypeptide and differed...

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Albrecht Kossel
Senin, 2026-07-20 20:27:15

composition of protein, and his research predicted the discovery of the polypeptide nature of the protein molecule. The Albrecht Kossel Institute for Neuroregeneration...

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Cell (biology)
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:34:20

The capsule may be polysaccharide as in pneumococci, meningococci or polypeptide as Bacillus anthracis or hyaluronic acid as in streptococci. Mycoplasma...

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Proenkephalin
Minggu, 2025-11-23 22:25:03

(since proenkephalin B was renamed prodynorphin), is an endogenous opioid polypeptide hormone which, via proteolyic cleavage, produces the enkephalin peptides...

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GIP
Senin, 2026-03-09 18:01:48

Rail station code GIP Gastric inhibitory polypeptide, also known as glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide Genome India Project Graph isomorphism...

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Chemical test
Sabtu, 2024-10-12 22:11:20

acid assay tests for proteins The Biuret test tests for proteins and polypeptides Bradford protein assay measures protein quantitatively The Phadebas amylase...

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Abiogenesis
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:10:05

"Ester-Mediated Amide Bond Formation Driven by Wet–Dry Cycles: A Possible Path to Polypeptides on the Prebiotic Earth". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English...

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310 helix
Jumat, 2025-05-23 12:12:22

A 310 helix is a type of secondary structure found in proteins and polypeptides. Of the numerous protein secondary structures present, the 310-helix is...

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Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
Rabu, 2026-08-05 16:23:07

negatively charged linear polypeptide chains. When subjected to an electric field in PAGE, the negatively charged polypeptide chains travel toward the...

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List of A1 genes, proteins or receptors
Selasa, 2022-03-15 01:06:59

Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 1 Coagulation factor XIII, A1 polypeptide collagen, type I, alpha 1 collagen, type II, alpha 1 Collagen, type III...

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COX7A1
Kamis, 2025-07-17 00:00:24

Cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide 7A1, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the COX7A1 gene. Cytochrome c oxidase (COX), the terminal...

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Scorpion sting
Kamis, 2025-10-30 02:26:06

compound known as the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) is the main transmitter. This polypeptide is realized from nerves found long the erectile...

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FGF10
Rabu, 2026-08-12 12:32:02

10 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FGF10 gene. It is a polypeptide of 208 amino acids. Human FGF10 gene is highly homologous (95.6%) to...

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IGH
Minggu, 2024-10-27 20:35:33

used in Irish orthography Immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH), the large polypeptide subunit of an antibody IGH@, the Immunoglobulin heavy locus, in biology...

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RefDB (chemistry)
Sabtu, 2024-06-22 10:46:37

Chemical Shift database Data types captured Re-referenced protein and polypeptide chemical shift assignments Contact Research center University of Alberta...

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Catalase
Sabtu, 2026-06-27 11:22:00

molecules to water and oxygen each second. Catalase is a tetramer of four polypeptide chains, each over 500 amino acids long. It contains four iron-containing...

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Sec61
Kamis, 2025-05-22 17:47:42

region of a nascent polypeptide interacts with another region of Sec61 called the seam, allowing translocation of the polypeptide into the ER lumen. Although...

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Upstream and downstream (DNA)
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 18:07:41

reference. The terms upstream and downstream are sometimes also applied to a polypeptide sequence, where upstream refers to a region N-terminal and downstream...

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VIPR1
Kamis, 2025-07-17 01:57:15

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide receptor 1 also known as VPAC1, is a protein, that in humans is encoded by the VIPR1 gene. VPAC1 is expressed in the...

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Robert B. Corey
Jumat, 2026-07-31 09:25:22

Structure of Proteins: Two Hydrogen-Bonded Helical Configurations of the Polypeptide Chain". In the paper, one odd thing is that the trio diagrammed the α-helix...

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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone
Jumat, 2026-01-30 13:47:33

of the hypothalamus. It is translated as a 242-amino acid precursor polypeptide that contains 6 copies of the sequence -Gln-His-Pro-Gly-, with both ends...

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Oligosaccharide
Senin, 2026-05-18 21:05:27

believed that N-linked glycosylation helps determine the folding of polypeptides due to the hydrophilic nature of sugars. In N-glycosylation for eukaryotes...

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Colostrum
Jumat, 2026-08-07 12:46:26

lactoferrin, lysozyme, lactoperoxidase, complement, and proline-rich polypeptides (PRP). Cytokines (small messenger peptides that control the functioning...

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Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide C
Jumat, 2025-07-18 01:23:14

humans is encoded by the SNRPC gene. Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide C has been shown to interact with Ewing sarcoma breakpoint region 1....

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Peptide therapeutics
Selasa, 2026-07-28 19:01:38

Peptide therapeutics are peptides or polypeptides (oligomers or short polymers of amino acids) which are used for the treatment of diseases. Naturally...

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Protein catabolism
Senin, 2025-10-27 00:22:31

catabolism often begins with pepsin, which converts proteins into polypeptides. These polypeptides are then further degraded. In humans, the pancreatic proteases...

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Invariant
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 07:08:51

Invariant Society, an Oxford student mathematics club Invariant chain, a polypeptide which plays a critical role in antigen presentation Invariant (linguistics)...

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Gamma-glutamyltransferase
Minggu, 2026-04-05 02:38:49

5-L-glutamyl amino acid In prokaryotes and eukaryotes, GGT consists of two polypeptide chains, a heavy and a light subunit, processed from a single chain precursor...

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Bee sting
Kamis, 2026-06-04 12:04:40

phospholipase A2, hyaluronidase and acid phosphatase. In addition, the polypeptide melittin is also antigenic. Bumblebee venom appears to be chemically...

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Mitochondria
Rabu, 2026-08-12 04:58:40

out of the mitochondrial matrix It contains more than 151 different polypeptides, and has a very high protein-to-phospholipid ratio (more than 3:1 by...

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Protein aggregation
Selasa, 2026-08-11 19:09:02

single polypeptides. This threading activity can be initiated at the N-terminus, C-terminus or in the middle of the polypeptide. The polypeptide gets translocated...

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Peripheral membrane protein
Rabu, 2026-08-05 05:02:26

with transmembrane proteins and the lipid bilayer simultaneously. Some polypeptide hormones, antimicrobial peptides, and neurotoxins accumulate at the membrane...

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RFamide peptide family
Minggu, 2025-12-21 17:47:23

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Pseudoproline
Minggu, 2026-02-22 15:54:33

effectiveness of pseudoproline derivatives of individual, single residues in polypeptide synthesis. According to literature, the conversion of Ser(ΨPro) was excellent...

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Colistin
Selasa, 2026-08-11 22:49:24

Colistin, also known as polymyxin E, is an antibiotic medication used as a last-resort treatment for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections including...

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Doxycycline
Senin, 2026-08-10 12:06:36

RNA at the ribosomal subunit, meaning amino acids cannot be added to polypeptide chains and new proteins cannot be made. This stops bacterial growth,...

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Neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 19:35:16

Neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin, also known as triple antibiotic ointment, and sold under the brand name Neosporin, among others, is an antibiotic medication...

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Endorphins
Sabtu, 2026-08-01 01:09:50

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Prodynorphin
Minggu, 2026-03-01 21:26:36

Prodynorphin, also known as proenkephalin B, is an opioid polypeptide hormone involved with chemical signal transduction and cell communication. The gene...

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Secretin receptor family
Minggu, 2026-05-10 03:23:36

InterPro: IPR003051 CRHR1; CRHR2 Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor/Gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor InterPro: IPR001749 GIPR Glucagon receptor...

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Serine protease
Jumat, 2026-07-10 00:53:52

a ping-pong catalysis, in which a substrate binds (in this case, the polypeptide being cleaved), a product is released (the C-terminus "half" of the peptide...

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Complement component 5
Jumat, 2026-07-24 12:32:16

and cell killing processes. This protein is composed of alpha and beta polypeptide chains that are linked by a disulfide bridge. An activation peptide,...

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Protein quaternary structure
Senin, 2026-01-26 20:28:20

and other cofactors. Many proteins are actually assemblies of multiple polypeptide chains. The quaternary structure refers to the number and arrangement...

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GTF3C1
Kamis, 2025-07-17 23:46:55

General transcription factor 3C polypeptide 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GTF3C1 gene. GTF3C1 has been shown to interact with GTF3C4...

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List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z
Kamis, 2025-06-19 11:02:45

eupeptic, monopeptide, oligopeptide, pepsin, peptic, peptide, peptone, polypeptide, tetrapeptide, tripeptide per-, pel- thoroughly, through Latin per pellucid...

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Insulin-degrading enzyme
Minggu, 2026-04-19 00:06:05

metalloprotease family of enzymes. It is known to cleave multiple short polypeptides that vary considerably in sequence, including insulin. Other members...

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Proteinogenic amino acid
Senin, 2026-08-03 15:02:34

has been suggested to be because of their better incorporation into a polypeptide chain as opposed to non-proteinogenic amino acids. The following illustrates...

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Cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme
Selasa, 2026-05-26 00:27:23

the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes (family 11, subfamily A, polypeptide 1) and is encoded by the CYP11A1 gene. The enzyme is sometimes referred...

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Dwarfism
Kamis, 2026-07-16 00:54:23

insufficient growth hormone. Growth hormone, also called somatotropin, is a polypeptide hormone which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. If this hormone...

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Beta turn
Rabu, 2026-06-24 00:51:36

that cause a change in direction of the polypeptide chain. They are very common motifs in proteins and polypeptides. Each consists of four amino acid residues...

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Neurohormone
Kamis, 2025-12-11 05:04:44

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Type V collagen
Rabu, 2026-01-14 07:04:21

procollagen molecules are made up of three different α -polypeptide chains. These α -polypeptide chains are α1(V), α2(V), and α3(V). Different combinations...

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Hemoglobin
Minggu, 2026-08-09 05:32:49

Hemoglobin consists of protein subunits (globin molecules), which are polypeptides, long folded chains of specific amino acids which determine the protein's...

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Membrane bound polyribosome
Selasa, 2026-07-28 02:56:49

synthesized by a ribosome they can become "membrane-bound". The newly produced polypeptide chains are inserted directly into the endoplasmic reticulum by the ribosome...

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Zymogen
Rabu, 2026-05-27 00:01:34

Chymotrypsinogen, a single polypeptide chain of 245 amino acid residues, is converted to alpha-chymotrypsin, which has three polypeptide chains linked by two...

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Cysteine
Kamis, 2026-08-06 15:32:14

cysteines. In the translation of messenger RNA molecules to produce polypeptides, cysteine is coded for by the UGU and UGC codons. Cysteine has traditionally...

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F-ATPase
Kamis, 2025-05-22 17:43:19

the membrane that the protons are moving into). F1 is composed of 5 polypeptide units α3β3γδε that bind to the surface of the Fo domain. F-ATPases usually...

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AETX
Rabu, 2025-12-10 19:17:39

AETX refers to a group of polypeptide neurotoxins isolated from the sea anemone Anemonia erythraea that target ion channels, altering their function....

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Gastric acid
Jumat, 2026-03-20 19:36:32

secretion of bicarbonate from the pancreas is stimulated by secretin. This polypeptide hormone gets activated and secreted from so-called S cells in the mucosa...

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Neohormone
Selasa, 2025-09-30 02:37:20

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Inner nuclear membrane protein
Senin, 2026-06-22 10:13:07

proteins are lamin B receptor (LBR), lamina-associated polypeptide 1 (LAP1), lamina-associated polypeptide-2 (LAP2), emerin and MAN1. Several integral nuclear...

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Glutamyl aminopeptidase
Sabtu, 2026-01-24 12:39:58

glutamatic and aspartatic amino acid residues from the N-terminus of polypeptides. The enzyme degrades vasoconstricting angiotensin II into angiotensin...

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Olmesartan
Senin, 2026-06-08 05:53:08

sprue-like enteropathy could be caused by the inhibition of TGF-β, a polypeptide cytokine that maintains intestinal homeostasis. However, it is still...

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Xi (letter)
Minggu, 2026-08-02 01:15:42

for unknown R/S/E/Z configuration in general One of the two different polypeptide chains of the human embryonic hemoglobin types Hb-Portland (ξ2γ2) and...

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BAY 2686013
Minggu, 2026-08-09 22:08:04

a selective antagonist of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide type I receptor (PAC1) and is expected to be useful for characterizing...

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Cerumenolytic
Jumat, 2025-08-01 13:02:40

bicarbonate Sterile saline solution Aqueous acetic acid Triethanolamine polypeptide oleate-condensate Docusate sodium Hydrogen peroxide solution Sodium bicarbonate...

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Phenylalanine
Rabu, 2026-08-05 00:34:29

of the bacterium E. coli, they could cause the bacterium to produce a polypeptide consisting solely of repeated phenylalanine amino acids. This discovery...

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Bone growth factor
Rabu, 2025-07-16 23:42:17

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are proteins that are made of acidic polypeptides and belongs to the TGF-B family. BMPs promote the regeneration of bone...

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Rattlesnake
Selasa, 2026-08-11 07:25:17

metal ions, biogenic amines, lipids, free amino acids, proteins, and polypeptides. More specifically, there are three main families of toxins in rattlesnakes:...

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Acute-phase protein
Selasa, 2025-09-30 22:19:03

often used synonymously, although some APRs are (strictly speaking) polypeptides rather than proteins. In response to injury, local inflammatory cells...

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Chromosome 6
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 11:16:59

Cysteine rich protein 3 CYP21A2: cytochrome P450, family 21, subfamily A, polypeptide 2 (6p21.33) DHX16: DEAH-box helicase 16 (6p21.33) DOM3Z: Decapping exoribonuclease...

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Hormonal therapy (oncology)
Rabu, 2025-12-24 10:06:45

gastrointestinal system, including insulin, glucagon, pancreatic polypeptide, gastric inhibitory polypeptide, and gastrin. Octreotide is used for suppression of the...

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Sitagliptin
Kamis, 2026-05-28 06:58:58

but adverse exocrine effects of sitagliptin in the human islet amyloid polypeptide transgenic rat model of type 2 diabetes: interactions with metformin"...

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Complex
Sabtu, 2026-01-24 20:40:53

intracellular complex Protein complex, a group of two or more associated polypeptide chains Species complex, a cluster of very similar species difficult to...

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Myosin light chain
Senin, 2026-06-15 13:36:06

A myosin light chain is a light chain (small polypeptide subunit) of myosin. Myosin light chains were discovered by Chinese biochemist Cao Tianqin (Tien-chin...

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GALNT11
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 12:53:09

Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 11 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALNT11 gene. The GALNT11 gene contains 10 exons. An important...

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Micropeptide
Minggu, 2026-04-05 16:47:00

Micropeptides (also referred to as microproteins) are polypeptides with a length of less than 100-150 amino acids that are encoded by short open reading...

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Ecallantide
Minggu, 2025-07-13 16:37:50

surgery. It is an inhibitor of the protein kallikrein and a 60-amino acid polypeptide which was developed from a Kunitz domain through phage display to mimic...

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Snake venom
Rabu, 2026-07-22 10:25:27

contains more than 20 different compounds, which are mostly proteins and polypeptides. The complex mixture of proteins, enzymes, and various other substances...

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Hypothalamic–pituitary hormone
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 23:32:57

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Gonadotropin
Rabu, 2025-12-24 10:35:06

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Housekeeping gene
Rabu, 2026-07-29 22:15:47

CAPN7 CAPNS1 Calpain protease subunit NACA Nascent polypeptide associated complex alpha polypeptide NACA2 PFDN2 Prefoldin 2 PFDN4 Prefoldin 4 PFDN5 Prefoldin...

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Proglucagon
Rabu, 2026-05-06 19:52:26

into the following: Signal peptide (1-20) Glicentin-related pancreatic polypeptide (GRPP, 21-50) Glucagon (53–81) Signal peptide (1-20) Glicentin (21–89)...

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Biochemistry
Kamis, 2026-07-02 16:26:36

stretches of amino acids (usually, fewer than thirty) are called peptides or polypeptides. Longer stretches merit the title proteins. As an example, the important...

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Anterior pituitary
Kamis, 2026-03-26 14:29:06

STH Polypeptide Somatotrophs Acidophil Liver, adipose tissue Promotes growth; lipid and carbohydrate metabolism Prolactin Lactotropin PRL Polypeptide Lactotrophs...

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Antiparallel (biochemistry)
Kamis, 2025-10-16 09:50:07

DNA. This would further lead to the production of incorrect proteins. Polypeptides have an N-terminus and a C-terminus, which refer to the ends of the polymer...

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Liver
Selasa, 2026-08-11 23:45:10

the gallbladder. The liver produces insulin-like growth factor 1, a polypeptide protein hormone that plays an important role in childhood growth and...

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Vildagliptin
Minggu, 2026-08-02 09:15:33

(June 1993). "Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV hydrolyses gastric inhibitory polypeptide, glucagon-like peptide-1(7-36)amide, peptide histidine methionine and...

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Macromolecular assembly
Sabtu, 2026-07-11 20:00:52

organelles and membranes and ribosomes, etc. that are complex mixtures of polypeptide, polynucleotide, polysaccharide or other polymeric macromolecules. They...

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Maridebart cafraglutide
Rabu, 2025-12-31 17:53:22

receptor (GLP-1R) and an antagonist of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR). Namely, MariTide consists of a monoclonal antibody against...

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VIPR2
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 14:43:03

intestinal peptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) are homologous peptides that function as neurotransmitters and...

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DH5-Alpha Cell
Jumat, 2025-07-18 21:43:58

mutation is a single point mutation that replaces glycine 160 of the recA polypeptide with an aspartic acid residue in order to disable the activity of the...

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Botulinum toxin
Senin, 2026-08-10 13:51:16

protein composed of a 100-kDa heavy chain polypeptide joined via disulfide bond to a 50-kDa light chain polypeptide. The heavy chain contains domains with...

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SNRPB
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 14:19:30

PMID 1376292. "Entrez Gene: SNRPB small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptides B and B1". Charroux B, Pellizzoni L, Perkinson RA, Shevchenko A, Mann...

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Chromosome 8
Selasa, 2026-08-04 21:22:10

cytochrome P450, family 11, subfamily B, polypeptide 1 CYP11B2: cytochrome P450, family 11, subfamily B, polypeptide 2 DCSTAMP: dendrocyte expressed seven...

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Enzyme
Rabu, 2026-08-05 00:36:28

Another example of post-translational modification is the cleavage of the polypeptide chain. Chymotrypsin, a digestive protease, is produced in inactive form...

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Poliovirus
Selasa, 2026-02-24 08:57:11

in poliovirus RNA. Poliovirus mRNA is translated as one long polypeptide. This polypeptide is then autocleaved by internal proteases into about 10 individual...

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True toad
Kamis, 2026-05-21 06:55:20

of orchidectomy on the morphology and expression of lamina-associated polypeptide 2". Development, Growth & Differentiation. 44 (6): 527–535. doi:10.1046/j...

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Endoplasmic reticulum
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:57:30

end) of a polypeptide chain (i.e., a protein) contains a few amino acids that work as an address tag, which are removed when the polypeptide reaches its...

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Levinthal's paradox
Senin, 2026-08-03 01:40:02

Levinthal noted that, because of the many degrees of freedom in an unfolded polypeptide chain, the molecule has an astronomical number of possible conformations...

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Proteinopathy
Senin, 2026-08-10 18:45:33

nucleus. Because proteins share a common structural feature known as the polypeptide backbone, all proteins have the potential to misfold under some circumstances...

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N-linked glycosylation
Minggu, 2026-02-08 08:04:47

oligosaccharide is formed, the completed glycan is then transferred to the nascent polypeptide in the lumen of the ER membrane. This reaction is driven by the energy...

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G. N. Ramachandran
Sabtu, 2026-06-13 09:58:20

Ramachandran decided to use this information to examine the various polypeptide conformations then known and also to develop a good 'yardstick' that...

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GPR25
Kamis, 2026-06-18 04:08:05

characteristic of many leukocyte chemoattractant receptors for positively charged polypeptides of the chemokine family. GPR25 expression is largely restricted to lymphocytes...

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Cyanogen bromide
Rabu, 2026-03-11 18:07:28

of methionine residues. This reaction is used to reduce the size of polypeptide segments for identification and sequencing. The electron density in cyanogen...

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SKIDA1
Kamis, 2025-10-02 17:43:43

transcript, suggesting they are not used or only produce an incomplete polypeptide. The promoter that aligns best with the start of the mRNA transcript...

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Addiction
Selasa, 2026-08-11 08:35:16

B (2024). "The association between glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and/or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist prescriptions and substance-related...

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Givaudan
Kamis, 2026-07-16 09:36:32

Retrieved 9 June 2026. Reisch, Marc S. (4 May 2019). "Givaudan to buy spider polypeptides business". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 8 June 2026. "Givaudan...

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Mass spectrometry
Rabu, 2026-08-12 13:53:34

dithiothreitol-dithioerythritol mixture. They are usually used to analyze polypeptides and oligonucleotides up to 20 kDa. MALDE uses a photon beam, usually...

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TRAPP complex
Jumat, 2022-12-09 17:19:36

(i.e., while the ribosome is translating the mRNA code into a polypeptide, the polypeptide is simultaneously inserted via the translocon pore into the ER)...

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Fengycin
Senin, 2026-08-03 15:43:37

Fengycins are a family of antifungal cyclic lipopeptides produced by Bacillus species, especially members of the Bacillus subtilis species group. The related...

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HEXA
Minggu, 2026-05-31 05:36:15

Hexosaminidase A (alpha polypeptide), also known as HEXA, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HEXA gene, located on the 15th chromosome. Hexosaminidase...

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Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1A2
Senin, 2025-12-29 00:02:23

Paumgartner G (Apr 1997). "Assignment of the human organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) gene to chromosome 12p12 by fluorescence in situ hybridization"...

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Putative uncharacterized protein C6orf52
Senin, 2026-08-03 12:29:11

high conservation across species starting near the last third of the polypeptide. Q5T4I8 has six known isoforms of varying amino acid length. Tissue expression...

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Silent mutation
Minggu, 2026-06-14 21:19:26

less UCC tRNA than UCU tRNA, then the incorporation of serine into a polypeptide chain would happen a thousand times more slowly when a mutation causes...

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VPREB1
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 00:06:02

differentiation 179A). The product, CD179a (VpreB) is a 126 aa-long polypeptide with apparent MW of 16-18 kDa. VPREB1 is expressed selectively at the...

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Ramachandran plot
Selasa, 2026-07-14 23:17:38

N.; Ramakrishnan, C.; Sasisekharan, V. (1963). "Stereochemistry of polypeptide chain configurations". Journal of Molecular Biology. 7: 95–9. doi:10...

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Heat shock response
Minggu, 2026-05-03 10:46:56

"Molecular chaperones as enzymes that catalytically unfold misfolded polypeptides". FEBS Letters. 587 (13): 1981–7. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2013.05.014....

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Lymphocyte T-cell immunomodulator
Senin, 2025-11-10 10:17:30

Lymphocyte T-cell immunomodulator (LTCI) is an immune regulating polypeptide, which is a potent regulator of CD-4 lymphocyte production and function....

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Plastid DNA
Kamis, 2026-06-25 01:53:39

sent to the wrong organelle. Polypeptides, the precursors of proteins, are chains of amino acids. The two ends of a polypeptide are called the N-terminus...

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Proton pump
Kamis, 2026-07-23 11:02:54

of pumps that use different sources of energy, exhibiting different polypeptide compositions and evolutionary origins. Transport of the positively charged...

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Secretin family
Minggu, 2025-02-02 20:42:42

Glucagon/gastric inhibitory polypeptide/secretin/vasoactive intestinal peptide hormones are a family of evolutionarily related peptide hormones that regulate...

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Pierre Magistretti
Jumat, 2026-04-24 16:14:00

In 1982, he received his PhD for a thesis on Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide: A Regulator of Cellular Homeostasis in Cerebral Cortex co-supervised...

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Enteroendocrine cell
Senin, 2026-02-16 14:05:29

opposite effect. Other hormones produced include somatostatin, pancreatic polypeptide, amylin and ghrelin. Rare and slow growing carcinoid and non-carcinoid...

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Biology and sexual orientation
Selasa, 2026-08-11 22:34:30

Ehlhart T, Hofman MA (June 1994). "Development of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide neurons in the human suprachiasmatic nucleus in relation to birth and...

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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
Rabu, 2025-12-24 01:16:14

patients < 40 years of age. Most islet cell tumors secrete pancreatic polypeptide, the clinical significance of which is unknown. Gastrin is secreted by...

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Bacterial translation
Senin, 2026-06-29 09:47:01

secondary structure also inhibits leaderless initiation. Elongation of the polypeptide chain involves addition of amino acids to the carboxyl end of the growing...

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Luteinizing hormone
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 18:36:40

Luteinizing hormone beta polypeptide Identifiers Symbol LHB NCBI gene 3972 HGNC 6584 OMIM 152780 RefSeq NM_000894 UniProt P01229 Other data Locus Chr...

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James Watson
Jumat, 2026-07-03 02:03:29

10, 2014. Capecchi, Mario (1967). On the Mechanism of Suppression and Polypeptide Chain Initiation (PhD thesis). Harvard University. ProQuest 302261581...

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Lysine
Senin, 2026-08-03 09:57:15

importantly proteinogenesis, but also in the crosslinking of collagen polypeptides, uptake of essential mineral nutrients, and in the production of carnitine...

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MHC class I polypeptide–related sequence B
Jumat, 2024-04-05 19:23:01

MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence B (MICB) is a protein that is encoded by the MICB gene located within MHC locus. MICB is related to MHC class...

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P-site
Rabu, 2025-11-12 05:18:32

translation, the P-site holds the tRNA which is linked to the growing polypeptide chain. When a stop codon is reached, the peptidyl-tRNA bond of the tRNA...

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Metallocarboxypeptidase D
Sabtu, 2024-03-30 10:15:41

the following chemical reaction Releases C-terminal Arg and Lys from polypeptides This enzyme is activated by Co2+, and inhibited by guanidinoethylmercaptosuccinic...

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CD74
Sabtu, 2026-06-27 21:30:20

encoded by the CD74 gene. The invariant chain (Abbreviated Ii) is a polypeptide which plays a critical role in antigen presentation. It is involved in...

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Linus Pauling
Selasa, 2026-08-11 23:05:37

Structure of Proteins: Two Hydrogen-Bonded Helical Configurations of the Polypeptide Chain," was a key early finding in the then newly emerging field of molecular...

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APOBEC3H
Rabu, 2025-10-01 20:33:00

APOBEC-3H, also known as Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3H or APOBEC-related protein 10, is a protein that in humans is...

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Group-specific antigen
Jumat, 2025-09-05 10:06:40

'p1') is a 16-amino acid polypeptide of unknown function which separates Gag proteins NC and p6. HIV p6 is a 6 kDa polypeptide at the C-terminus of the...

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Bacterial initiation factor
Kamis, 2025-11-13 21:30:21

factor (IF) is a protein that stabilizes the initiation complex for polypeptide translation. Translation initiation is essential to protein synthesis...

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GLP1 poly-agonist peptides
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 07:37:07

activate two or more incretin receptors, such as the gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) receptor, which have distinct features but work together in metabolic...

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Tetrapeptide
Senin, 2026-06-01 02:55:09

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Class II gene
Sabtu, 2025-12-06 00:09:51

requires the formation of a preinitiation complex. They are transcribed by RNA polymerase II, include both intron and exon, and code for polypeptide. v t e...

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Laron syndrome
Rabu, 2026-07-29 02:08:21

function mutation in Laron syndrome; GIP, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, a whey protein-induced incretin, which stimulates β-cell proliferation...

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Methionylglycine
Minggu, 2026-07-05 10:54:33

Hofmann, Klaus; Johl, Albert; Furlenmeier, Andreas E.; Kappeler, Heini. Polypeptides. VIII. Synthesis of peptides related to corticotropin. J. Am. Chem. Soc...

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Hypodysfibrinogenemia
Jumat, 2026-04-03 00:41:33

glycoprotein made of two trimers each of which is composed of three polypeptide chains, Aα (also termed α) encoded by the FGA gene, Bβ (also termed β)...

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Torsion angle
Selasa, 2025-06-10 14:12:41

N.; Ramakrishnan, C.; Sasisekharan, V. (1963). "Stereochemistry of polypeptide chain configurations". Journal of Molecular Biology. 7: 95–9. doi:10...

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Phycourobilin
Sabtu, 2025-10-04 01:48:15

chromophore is always phycoerythrobilin. It can also be linked to the linker polypeptides of the phycobilisome, in which its precise role remains unclear. Phycourobilin...

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Immunoglobulin heavy chain
Jumat, 2026-08-07 20:54:11

The immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) is the large polypeptide subunit of an antibody (immunoglobulin). In the human genome, the IgH gene loci are on chromosome...

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FAM241B
Senin, 2026-08-03 00:50:22

Protein Symbol Definition ATP1B3 ATPase, Na+/K+ Transporting, Beta 3 Polypeptide CD3E CD3e molecule, epsilon (CD3-TCR complex) GABRE Gamma-aminobutyric...

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Enzymatic methyl-seq
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:58:42

cytosines: An APOBEC (Apolipoprotein B mRNA Editing Enzyme, Catalytic Polypeptide-like) deaminase enzyme is then used. This enzyme specifically deaminates...

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VK2735
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 16:33:59

(2023-08-21). "Glucagon-like peptide-1/glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor co-agonists for cardioprotection, type 2 diabetes and obesity:...

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White blood cell
Selasa, 2026-06-16 08:38:31

MHC class I molecules, or display stress markers such as MHC class I polypeptide–related sequence A (MIC-A). Decreased expression of MHC class I and up-regulation...

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Genetics
Selasa, 2026-08-11 23:14:48

for most functions in the cell. Proteins are made up of one or more polypeptide chains, each composed of a sequence of amino acids. The DNA sequence...

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Calcitonin gene-related peptide
Rabu, 2026-07-08 15:03:54

processing in calcitonin gene expression generates mRNAs encoding different polypeptide products". Nature. 298 (5871): 240–4. Bibcode:1982Natur.298..240A. doi:10...

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Opiorphin
Senin, 2026-07-06 23:07:33

It is a relatively simple molecule consisting of a five-amino acid polypeptide, Gln-Arg-Phe-Ser-Arg (QRFSR). Opiorphin pentapeptide originates from...

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Gene product
Rabu, 2026-04-15 21:58:16

molecules such as tRNA, which helps add the correct amino acid to a polypeptide chain during translation, rRNA, a major component of ribosomes (which...

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Goniopora toxin
Jumat, 2026-06-26 08:19:03

Goniopora toxin (GPT) is a polypeptide toxin from the marine Goniopora species coral. Two toxins from this source have been identified, one acting on...

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Capreomycin
Selasa, 2025-12-23 22:22:18

Capreomycin is an antibiotic which is given in combination with other antibiotics for the treatment of tuberculosis. Specifically it is a second line treatment...

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T (disambiguation)
Selasa, 2026-03-31 07:59:04

for threonine, one of the 20 amino acids used in transcription of a polypeptide chain Thymine, one of the four nucleic acids of DNA T, gene and protein...

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Index of genetics articles
Rabu, 2026-05-20 10:19:50

Polydactyly Polygene Polygenic disorder Polymerase Polymerize Polymorphism Polypeptide Polyploid Polyribosome Polysaccharide Polysome Polytene chromosome Population...

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Eye
Kamis, 2026-07-16 07:16:16

PMID 18026166. Staaislav I. Tomarev; Rina D. Zinovieva (1988). "Squid major lens polypeptides are homologous to glutathione S-transferases subunits". Nature. 336 (6194):...

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Hydrocodone
Kamis, 2026-07-16 04:03:08

are known to inhibit drug transporters like organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B1 and 1B3, P-glycoprotein, and breast cancer resistance protein...

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Non-enzymatic reaction
Minggu, 2026-05-10 23:21:32

(cis/trans isomerization) in a slow, spontaneous process that occurs within polypeptide chains. (Stein, 1993) Decarboxylation The spontaneous, rapid, and non-enzymatic...

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Gene
Kamis, 2026-07-16 14:29:24

carrying out the chemical reactions to add new amino acids to a growing polypeptide chain by the formation of peptide bonds. The genetic code is read three...

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Lipotropin
Jumat, 2025-07-18 10:55:56

adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and β-lipotropin (β-LPH). β-Lipotropin is a 90-amino acid polypeptide that is the carboxy-terminal fragment of POMC. It was initially reported...

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TIM/TOM complex
Senin, 2025-10-27 23:09:55

membrane (TOM) complex. The signal sequence and adjacent portions of the polypeptide chain are inserted in the TOM complex, then begin interaction with a...

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Bestoxin
Jumat, 2025-11-07 09:55:28

mammal-specific ion channel toxin is a member of the birtoxin polypeptide family. These birtoxin-like polypeptides contribute significantly to the venom's toxicity...

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Frederik Paulsen Jr
Selasa, 2026-04-14 23:45:01

Ferring Pharmaceuticals Friends of the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan Polypeptide Laboratories BV Nordic Pharmaceuticals BV Euro-Diagnostica BV Editions...

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Oligopeptide
Rabu, 2026-07-29 16:30:12

amino acids, including dipeptides, tripeptides, tetrapeptides, and other polypeptides. Some of the major classes of naturally occurring oligopeptides include...

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Matter wave
Selasa, 2026-08-11 18:40:10

J.; Arndt, M. (19 March 2020). "Matter-wave interference of a native polypeptide". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 1447. arXiv:1910.14538. Bibcode:2020NatCo...

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Maltose-binding protein
Jumat, 2025-11-21 18:11:03

the malE gene of Escherichia coli. The malE gene codes for a precursor polypeptide (396 amino acid residues) which yields the mature MBP (370 residues)...

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Chaperonin ATPase
Minggu, 2025-07-13 13:11:53

chaperonin) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP phosphohydrolase (polypeptide-unfolding). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction ATP...

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Daptomycin
Jumat, 2026-07-03 00:45:52

Daptomycin, sold under the brand name Cubicin among others, is a lipopeptide antibiotic used in the treatment of systemic and life-threatening infections...

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Thymulin
Selasa, 2026-08-11 19:37:38

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Pentagastrin
Kamis, 2025-12-25 23:41:02

Pentagastrin (trade name Peptavlon) is a synthetic polypeptide that has effects like gastrin when given parenterally. It stimulates the secretion of gastric...

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Chromosome 13
Selasa, 2026-07-28 08:35:06

and glutamate-rich protein 1 ATP7B: ATPase, Cu++ transporting, beta polypeptide (Wilson disease) BRCA2: breast cancer 2, early onset BRCA3 encoding protein...

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Glossary of cellular and molecular biology (0–L)
Selasa, 2026-08-11 13:03:37

blocks of peptides and hence of polypeptides and proteins. The specific sequences of amino acids in the polypeptide chains that form a protein are ultimately...

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J chain
Senin, 2026-08-10 01:31:22

specific functions are yet to be fully understood. It is a 137 residue polypeptide, encoded by the IGJ gene. The J chain is a glycoprotein. The preprotein...

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Granulocyte
Rabu, 2026-04-29 23:28:52

damaged tissue. A polypeptide called interleukin-5 interacts with eosinophils and causes them to grow and differentiate; this polypeptide is produced by...

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Cruciferin
Kamis, 2025-12-11 20:27:22

comparatively larger seed storage protein than napin. It is composed of two polypeptide chains α and β. The α-chain has a mass of 30 kDa and the β-chain weighs...

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GSX2
Jumat, 2025-10-03 04:30:25

disability, dystonia (difficulty with movement) and seizures. GSX2 is a polypeptide chain consisting of 304 amino acids, with a molecular weight of 32,031...

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Early-onset Alzheimer's disease
Selasa, 2026-08-11 23:00:35

coding exons, and that the primary transcript encodes a 448-amino-acid polypeptide with 67% homology to PS1. This protein has been identified as part of...

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Duodenum
Jumat, 2026-08-07 21:24:09

molecules, including the incretin peptides Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), as well as Cholecystokinin...

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Nonsense mutation
Selasa, 2026-08-11 18:52:38

are affected. As nonsense mutations lead to premature termination of polypeptide chains, they are also called chain termination mutations. Missense mutations...

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RNA
Senin, 2026-07-06 16:07:36

about 80 nucleotides that transfers a specific amino acid to a growing polypeptide chain at the ribosomal site of protein synthesis during translation....

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Brain natriuretic peptide 32
Jumat, 2026-03-06 13:36:56

natriuretic peptide" while retaining the same acronym. The 32-amino acid polypeptide BNP-32 is secreted attached to a 76–amino acid N-terminal fragment in...

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Cortisol
Senin, 2026-08-03 01:49:59

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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SNAP-tag
Sabtu, 2026-01-31 05:29:59

commercially available in various expression vectors. SNAP-tag is a 182 residue polypeptide (19.4 kDa) that can be fused to any protein of interest and further specifically...

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Beta cell
Selasa, 2026-08-11 08:26:28

estimate for the viable beta cell mass. Amylin, also known as islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP). The function of amylin is to slow the rate of glucose entering...

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AlphaFold
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:13:59

Amino-acid chains, known as polypeptides, fold to form a protein...

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Globular protein
Senin, 2024-10-14 19:06:01

because protein folding requires entropic cost. As a primary sequence of a polypeptide chain can form numerous conformations, native globular structure restricts...

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Chelation
Minggu, 2026-08-09 01:45:45

acids glutamic acid and histidine, organic diacids such as malate, and polypeptides such as phytochelatin are also typical chelators. In addition to these...

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Satiety value
Kamis, 2026-02-19 04:42:47

is a calorie Energy homeostasis Expected satiety Gastric inhibitory polypeptide Ghrelin Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) Incretin Protein leverage hypothesis...

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Pterocarpus indicus
Selasa, 2026-07-21 13:17:31

it is used to combat tumours. This property might be due to an acidic polypeptide found in its leaves that inhibited growth of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma...

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Puromycin
Minggu, 2026-02-01 03:16:32

puromycylated nascent chains can also be used to purify newly synthesized polypeptides and to visualize the distribution of actively translating ribosomes by...

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Degradative enzyme
Selasa, 2023-07-18 12:24:29

Nucleases, which digest nucleic acids. Cathelicidins, antimicrobial polypeptides found in lysosomes. Svendsen A (2000). "Lipase protein engineering"....

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PDGFC
Kamis, 2025-11-06 00:38:31

and function, and consist of disulphide-linked dimers involving two polypeptide chains, PDGF-A and PDGF-B. PDGF-C is a member of the PDGF/VEGF family...

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Alexei Bogdanov (chemist and molecular biologist)
Kamis, 2026-08-06 05:06:15

channel inside the large ribosomal subunit through which the growing polypeptide chain passes during protein biosynthesis. His laboratory conducted detailed...

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Argopecten irradians
Kamis, 2026-07-02 01:44:08

defensin cloned from this scallop. The gene is 531 nucleotides and the polypeptide product is 122 amino acids. Recombinant AiBD is an antimicrobial for...

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Chymotrypsin
Selasa, 2026-06-23 00:44:36

duodenum, where it performs proteolysis, the breakdown of proteins and polypeptides. Chymotrypsin preferentially cleaves peptide amide bonds where the side...

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Polymyxin B
Selasa, 2026-08-11 15:58:58

Polymyxin B, sold under the brand name Poly-Rx among others, is an antibiotic used to treat meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis, and urinary tract infections...

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Rhinovirus
Senin, 2026-07-27 23:56:53

dodecahedral in structure. The viral proteins are translated as a single long polypeptide, which is cleaved into the structural and nonstructural viral proteins...

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Surfactin
Selasa, 2026-07-07 02:51:33

Surfactin is a cyclic lipopeptide, commonly used as an antibiotic for its capacity as a surfactant. It is an amphiphile capable of withstanding hydrophilic...

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MCherry
Selasa, 2026-04-21 21:11:29

second oxidation step, each mFruit produces an acylimine linkage in the polypeptide backbone. In comparison to the progenitor DsRed, direct covalent modification...

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Relaxin-3
Kamis, 2025-03-06 05:24:09

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Grapefruit–drug interactions
Jumat, 2026-06-12 04:16:57

that interact due to inhibition of OATP (organic anion-transporting polypeptides), a relative short period of time is needed to avoid this interaction...

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C-peptide
Minggu, 2026-08-09 01:36:26

The connecting peptide, or C-peptide, is a short 31-amino-acid polypeptide that connects insulin's A-chain to its B-chain in the proinsulin molecule....

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Günter Blobel
Jumat, 2026-07-31 07:14:19

Blobel; J. Frank (1 December 1997). "Alignment of conduits for the nascent polypeptide chain in the ribosome-Sec61 complex". Science. 278 (5346): 2123–2126...

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Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease
Minggu, 2026-08-09 09:10:24

according to a 2023 systematic review. Dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists appear to be effective...

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Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 2A1
Kamis, 2025-07-17 01:39:11

that is a member of the 12-membrane-spanning organic anion-transporting polypeptide superfamily of transporters. The encoded protein may be involved in mediating...

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Guillermina Lozano
Jumat, 2026-07-31 07:14:16

characterization and analysis of the gene encoding the Alpha 2 type IX collagen polypeptide. She completed postgraduate training in molecular biology at Princeton...

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Aminopeptidase O
Selasa, 2026-07-14 07:47:40

domain The C9ORF3 aminopeptidase cleaves the N-terminal amino acid from polypeptides and shows a strong preference for peptides in which the N-terminus is...

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Achromatopsia
Jumat, 2026-06-12 01:27:21

guanine nucleotide binding protein (G-protein) α-transducing activity polypeptide 2 (GNAT2). This causes the release of the activated α-subunit from the...

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List of unsolved problems in biology
Kamis, 2026-07-02 05:41:52

possible to predict the secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of a polypeptide sequence based solely on the sequence and environmental information?...

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Neuropeptide VF precursor
Jumat, 2024-11-15 19:02:18

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Collagen helix
Minggu, 2024-04-07 23:23:28

residues. The pyrrolidine rings keep out of each other's way when the polypeptide chain assumes this extended helical form, which is much more open than...

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Francis Crick
Jumat, 2026-07-31 06:56:27

at the age of 37, Crick completed his PhD thesis: "X-Ray Diffraction: Polypeptides and Proteins" and received his degree. Crick then worked in the laboratory...

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Drosophila C virus
Selasa, 2025-09-23 07:43:16

70% protein. The virus capsid is composed of three major polypeptides and two minor polypeptides. Drosophila C virus was first discovered in the early 1970s...

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Thymopentin
Jumat, 2025-12-26 21:50:28

Thymopentin is a thymic polypeptide derivative which interacts with T cells and acts as an immunostimulant. As such, it was used in several clinical studies...

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Hypothalamic–pituitary–somatotropic axis
Rabu, 2025-12-24 10:54:22

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Egg
Kamis, 2026-08-06 18:38:05

to milk proteins in mammals or storage proteins in plant seeds. The polypeptide vitellogenin (Vtg) is the major precursor of the lipoproteins and phosphoproteins...

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Toxin
Minggu, 2026-07-05 20:09:03

"Genetic assembly and selective toxicity of diphtheria-toxin-related polypeptide hormone fusion proteins". Biochemical Society Symposium. 53: 9–23. PMID 2847744...

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C-reactive protein
Minggu, 2026-08-02 21:47:01

(also known as short pentraxins). The polypeptide encoded by this gene has 224 amino acids. The full-length polypeptide is not present in the body in significant...

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DPM3
Kamis, 2025-07-17 23:23:19

dolichyl-phosphate mannosyltransferase polypeptide 3, also known as DPM3, is a human gene. Dolichol-phosphate mannose (Dol-P-Man) serves as a donor of...

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Antigen-antibody interaction
Jumat, 2026-08-07 23:07:25

the paratope of the antibody, situated at the variable region of the polypeptide chain. The variable region in turn has hyper-variable regions which are...

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Thymosin
Selasa, 2025-12-02 16:35:38

Structure of the bovine β9-thymosin polypeptide based on the PDB 1HJ0 coordinates....

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Leucine zipper
Rabu, 2026-05-06 00:27:58

every seventh position over a distance covering eight helical turns. The polypeptide segments containing these periodic arrays of leucine residues were proposed...

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Actinidain
Senin, 2026-07-06 03:04:35

similarity. Electron density mapping shows similar α-helices and overall polypeptide folding. While the electron density map indicates 218 amino acids, further...

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Κ-opioid receptor
Senin, 2026-07-27 13:38:07

increases of prodynorphin mRNA in caudate putamen and decreases of the same polypeptide in the hypothalamus. The administration of a KOR agonist produced an...

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MT-TA
Rabu, 2023-12-20 09:00:29

position 5587-5655) that transfers the amino acid alanine to a growing polypeptide chain at the ribosome site of protein synthesis during translation. It...

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Proteose
Jumat, 2025-07-11 16:42:21

little before producing amino acids. It forms after breaking down of polypeptides by proteases such as gastric pepsin. In addition to proteoses, peptones...

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Hypothalamic–pituitary–prolactin axis
Kamis, 2026-03-12 16:22:41

Progesterone Pancreas Glucagon Insulin Amylin Somatostatin Pancreatic polypeptide Pineal gland Melatonin Dimethyltryptamine 5-MeO-DMT Other Thymus Thymosins...

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Peristalsis
Minggu, 2026-05-17 05:54:54

the anterograde pathway release nitric oxide and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide to relax the smooth muscle caudal to the bolus. This allows the food...

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Nuclear lamina
Selasa, 2026-02-17 10:02:25

C-terminus and that they display typical tertiary structures. Lamin polypeptides have an almost complete α-helical conformation with multiple α-helical...

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FCER1G
Minggu, 2024-06-23 10:11:34

Fc fragment of IgE, high affinity I, receptor for; gamma polypeptide is gamma chain of high affinity IgE receptor. This protein is encoded by the FCER1G...

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Gq alpha subunit
Rabu, 2026-05-13 12:42:22

guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), q polypeptide Identifiers Symbol GNAQ NCBI gene 2776 HGNC 4390 OMIM 600998 RefSeq NM_002072 UniProt P50148...

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Parathyroid hormone
Rabu, 2026-08-05 06:01:29

Produced primarily by the chief cells of the parathyroid glands, PTH is a polypeptide prohormone (precursor to a hormone) consisting of 84 amino acids and...

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Ashutosh Chilkoti
Selasa, 2026-03-10 04:37:04

high-throughput and scalable methods for the recombinant synthesis of repetitive polypeptides, invented a method to purify protein drugs without chromatography, and...

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Myoglobin
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 13:12:36

where the heme group is non-covalently bonded with the surrounding polypeptide of myoglobin. In humans, myoglobin is found in the bloodstream only after...

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Umami peptide
Jumat, 2026-03-06 14:47:03

Umami peptides are a family of small to medium length polypeptides found in a variety of savoury foods, which impart an umami taste. They are best known...

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Scorpionism in Central America
Senin, 2025-12-08 00:41:56

compound known as the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) is the main transmitter. This polypeptide is realized from nerves found long the erectile...

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Translational regulation
Minggu, 2025-06-08 22:01:22

via diminished tRNA pools, which are required for the elongation of polypeptides. In fact, the richness of these tRNA pools are susceptible to change...

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GSX1
Jumat, 2024-11-08 22:44:18

proliferation and enhancing locomotor function in injured mice. GSX1 is a polypeptide chain consisting of 264 amino acids, with a molecular weight of 27,833...

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Teduglutide
Selasa, 2026-02-17 04:00:07

under the brand names Revestive (EU) and Gattex (US), is a 33-membered polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) analog that is used for the treatment...

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Schmidt sting pain index
Jumat, 2026-07-31 01:55:11

are categorized into a pain level of 1, with their venom containing polypeptides such as melittin, apamin, and MCD peptide. Melittin is the main toxin...

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Dinoflagellate
Selasa, 2026-08-11 22:57:38

called minicircles. Each circle contains one or two polypeptide genes. The genes for these polypeptides are chloroplast-specific because their homologs from...

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