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amino acids linked by
peptide bonds. A
polypeptide is a longer, continuous,
unbranched peptide chain.
Polypeptides that have a
molecular m**** of 10,000...
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Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) is a
polypeptide secreted by PP
cells in the
endocrine pancreas. It
regulates pancreatic secretion activities, and also impacts...
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biological response of the
human body to
polypeptide antibiotics. In 1947, polymyxins, the
first antibiotic polypeptides were discovered,
produced by the bacterium...
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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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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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between the
encoded amino acids to form a
polypeptide chain.[citation needed]
Following translation the
polypeptide chain must fold to form a
functional protein;...
- 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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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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Proteolysis is the
breakdown of
proteins into
smaller polypeptides or
amino acids. Uncatalysed, the
hydrolysis of
peptide bonds is
extremely slow, taking...
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Cholecystokinin (CCK)
Gastrin Ghrelin Glucagon Glucose-dependent
insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)
Growth hormone Follicle-stimulating...
