octapeptide

English

Etymology

From octa- +‎ peptide.

Noun

octapeptide (plural octapeptides)

1. An oligopeptide having eight amino acids.
   • 2009 February 26, Juha Laurén et al., “Cellular prion protein mediates impairment of synaptic plasticity by amyloid-β oligomers”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7233, →DOI, pages 1128–1132:

     a, COS-7 cells were transfected with expression plasmids directing the expression of each of the indicated PrP deletion mutants (green, octapeptide repeats; red, globular domain; SS, signal sequence).