depeptidize

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verb

To remove the peptide bonds from.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

verbdepeptidize (third-person singular simple present depeptidizes, present participle depeptidizing, simple past and past participle depeptidized)

present singular third person depeptidizes · participle present depeptidizing · participle past depeptidized · past depeptidized

  1. transitivebiochemistryTo remove the peptide bonds from.

    By introducing peptide isosteres, modifying the side chains of amino acids, and methylating amide nitrogens to depeptidize the molecule, the methylated Analog 7 was identified […]

    2013 September 15, Anita Y. M. Howe, Srikanth Venkatraman, “The Discovery and Development of Boceprevir: A Novel, First-generation Inhibitor of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4A Serine Protease”, in Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, volume 1, →DOI

Origin

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