depeptidize
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]depeptidize (third-person singular simple present depeptidizes, present participle depeptidizing, simple past and past participle depeptidized)
- (transitive, biochemistry, organic chemistry) To remove the peptide bonds from.
- 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[1], volume 1, :
- 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 […]