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Description of oligopeptide

Give a brief description of oligopeptide? How is it dissimilar from polypeptide?

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Peptide is molecule which is formed by union of amino acids by the peptide bond. Oligopeptide is peptide which is made of some amino acids (or oligo = few).

Polypeptides are peptides with various amino acids (poli = many), in common more than 50.

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