Peptide (redirect from Polypeptide)
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 (redirect from Polypeptide synthesis)
between the encoded amino acids to form a polypeptide chain.[citation needed] Following translation the polypeptide chain must fold to form a functional protein;...
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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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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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Amylin (redirect from Pro-islet amyloid polypeptide)
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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IGLL5 (redirect from Immunoglobulin lambda like polypeptide 5)
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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Peptide hormone (redirect from Polypeptide hormone)
Cholecystokinin (CCK) Gastrin Ghrelin Glucagon Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) Growth hormone Follicle-stimulating...
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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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Momordica charantia (redirect from Polypeptide-p)
Momordica charantia (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karavila and many more names...
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Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (redirect from Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide)
cyclase-activating polypeptide also known as PACAP is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ADCYAP1 gene. pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide is similar...
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