peptide

Term: peptide

Literally meaning: “product of digestion”

Origin: Anc Greek

>πέπτω/pepto(=digest)

+ίδιο/-idio(=ide, suffix meaning a member or a part of group)

Coined/History

The name probably derived by the process of getting peptids (hydrolysis/digestion of proteins).

Definition

Peptide is a low weight polymer composed of two (dipeptide)  or more amino acids joined by peptide bonds  consisting parts of proteins