pseudopeptide

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ peptide.

Noun

pseudopeptide (plural pseudopeptides)

1. (organic chemistry) An amide of an amino acid that does not occur in natural peptides or proteins, especially one introduced into a polypeptide chain
   • 2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     An alternative route for the preparation of monomer 5, in which the pseudopeptide intermediate is obtained by reductive N-alkylation, was outlined previously [13 ].

Related terms

• pseudopeptidic