Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A peptide containing three amino acids.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condensation-product resulting from the union of three amino-acid radicals, as alanyl-leueyl-glycin. Products of this order are possibly formed during proteolytic digestion. See
digestion products .
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- noun chemistry An
organic compound formed from threeamino acids joined bypeptide bonds .
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Examples
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Glutathione is a tripeptide, a molecule composed of three amino acids, and is the most abundant and important antioxidant protective system in our cells.
Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010
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This transdermal delivery system allows the mitochondria to receive increased levels of this protective tripeptide.
Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010
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The fluorescent moiety is an imidazolone ring structure that is formed by the posttranslational cyclization of a tripeptide, ser65-tyr66-gly67.
NIH Public Access - Seeing Circuits Assemble William Harryman 2009
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Syn-Ake, as the compound is called, is made from a synthetic tripeptide that copies the effect of a peptide found in the venom of the Temple Viper, found in the Snake Temple of Penang, Malaysia.
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Denaturation of green fluorescent protein destroys fluorescence, as might be expected, and mutations to residues surrounding the tripeptide fluorophore can dramatically alter the fluorescence properties.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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The second important feature of green fluorescent protein is that fluorescence is highly dependent on the molecular structure surrounding the tripeptide fluorophore.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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If one of these protecting groups in the dipeptide is later selectively removed and reaction with a third amino acid containing one protected group carried out, a tripeptide is formed.
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Synthesis of a tripeptide using conventional methodology.
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Synthesis of a tripeptide using Merrifield´s methology.
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This dipeptide is then combined with a third modified amino acid to give a tripeptide and so on.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984 - Presentation Speech 1984
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