peptide
/ˈpeptaɪd/noun
- Biochemistry a compound consisting of two or more amino acids linked in a chain, the carboxyl group of each acid being joined to the amino group of the next by a bond of the type "-OC-NH-"【生化】-OC-NH-肽; 缩氨酸。
词源
early 20th cent.: from German Peptid, back-formation from Polypeptid 'polypeptide'.