oligopeptide
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thumb|300px|A tripeptide (example Valine|Val-Gly-Ala) with green marked amino end (L-Valine) and blue marked carboxyl end (L-Alanine) thumb|300px|A tetrapeptide (example Valine|Val-Gly-Ser-Ala) with green marked amino end (L-valine) and blue marked carboxyl end (L-alanine) An oligopeptide (oligo-, "a few"), is a peptide consisting of two to twenty amino acids, including dipeptides, tripeptides, tetrapeptides, and other polypeptides. Some of the major classes of naturally occurring oligopeptides include aeruginosins, cyanopeptolins, microcystins, microviridins, microginins, anabaenopeptins, and
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Within Vinony's link graph, oligopeptide is referenced by 147 other articles, and connects out to amino acid, digital object identifier and ribosome.
It is catalogued under the topic Peptides.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
333,984 papers- Proton-Coupled Oligopeptide Transport (Slc15) in the Brain: Past and Future Research.Pharmaceutical research · 2023
- Functional and Physiological Implications of Oligopeptide Transporters: Potential Targets for Pharmacological Interventions.The Journal of membrane biology · 2025
- Intestinal oligopeptide transport.The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society · 1995
- Topical application of sh-oligopeptide-1 and clinical trials with cosmetic preparations: risk or fraud?Cutaneous and ocular toxicology · 2023
- Functional oligopeptide as a novel strategy for drug delivery.Journal of drug targeting · 2017
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Production
- Examples
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|300px|A tripeptide (example Valine|Val-Gly-Ala) with green marked amino end (L-Valine) and blue marked carboxyl end (L-Alanine) thumb|300px|A tetrapeptide (example Valine|Val-Gly-Ser-Ala) with green marked amino end (L-valine) and blue marked carboxyl end (L-alanine) An oligopeptide (oligo-, "a few"), is a peptide consisting of two to twenty amino acids, including dipeptides, tripeptides, tetrapeptides, and other polypeptides. Some of the major classes of naturally occurring oligopeptides include aeruginosins, cyanopeptolins, microcystins, microviridins, microginins, anabaenopeptins, and cyclamides. Microcystins are best studied because of their potential toxicity impact in drinking water. A review of some oligopeptides found that the largest class are the cyanopeptolins (40.1%), followed by microcystins (13.4%).
==Production== Oligopeptide classes are produced by nonribosomal peptides synthases (NRPS), except cyclamides and microviridins are synthesized through ribosomic pathways.
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