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Amylin and Peptide

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Difference between Amylin and Peptide

Amylin vs. Peptide

Amylin, or islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), is a 37-residue peptide hormone. Peptides (from Gr.: πεπτός, peptós "digested"; derived from πέσσειν, péssein "to digest") are short chains of amino acid monomers linked by peptide (amide) bonds.

Similarities between Amylin and Peptide

Amylin and Peptide have 14 things in common (in Unionpedia): Amine, Amino acid, Amyloid beta, C-terminus, Calcitonin, Disulfide, Fatty acid, Glucagon, Insulin, N-terminus, Neuropeptide, Peptide hormone, Post-translational modification, Proteolysis.

Amine

In organic chemistry, amines are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair.

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Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid.

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Amyloid beta

Amyloid beta (Aβ or Abeta) denotes peptides of 36–43 amino acids that are crucially involved in Alzheimer's disease as the main component of the amyloid plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer patients.

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C-terminus

The C-terminus (also known as the carboxyl-terminus, carboxy-terminus, C-terminal tail, C-terminal end, or COOH-terminus) is the end of an amino acid chain (protein or polypeptide), terminated by a free carboxyl group (-COOH).

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Calcitonin

Calcitonin (also known as thyrocalcitonin) is a 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells (also known as C-cells) of the thyroid gland, and in many other animals in the ultimopharyngeal body.

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Disulfide

In chemistry, a disulfide refers to a functional group with the structure R−S−S−R′.

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Fatty acid

In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated.

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Glucagon

Glucagon is a peptide hormone, produced by alpha cells of the pancreas.

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Insulin

Insulin (from Latin insula, island) is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets; it is considered to be the main anabolic hormone of the body.

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N-terminus

The N-terminus (also known as the amino-terminus, NH2-terminus, N-terminal end or amine-terminus) is the start of a protein or polypeptide referring to the free amine group (-NH2) located at the end of a polypeptide.

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Neuropeptide

Neuropeptides are small protein-like molecules (peptides) used by neurons to communicate with each other.

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Peptide hormone

Peptide hormones or protein hormones are hormones whose molecules are peptides or proteins, respectively.

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Post-translational modification

Post-translational modification (PTM) refers to the covalent and generally enzymatic modification of proteins following protein biosynthesis.

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Proteolysis

Proteolysis is the breakdown of proteins into smaller polypeptides or amino acids.

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Amylin and Peptide Comparison

Amylin has 56 relations, while Peptide has 128. As they have in common 14, the Jaccard index is 7.61% = 14 / (56 + 128).

References

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