Glossary
Peptide research glossary: A–Z
Definitions of 324 terms used in peptide chemistry, analytical testing, storage and laboratory calculations.
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A
- Absorbance
- Accuracy
- Acetate salt
- Acetic acid
- Acetonitrile
- Acetylation
- Adduct ion
- Adsorption
- Agonist
- Alanine
- Aliquot
- Alpha helix
- Amidation
- Amino acid
- Amino acid analysis
- Ammonium bicarbonate
- Amyloid fibril
- Analogue
- Analytical balance
- Antagonist
- Area percent purity
- Arginine
- Arrhenius equation
- Aseptic technique
- Asparagine
- Aspartic acid
- Aspartimide formation
- Autoclave
- Average mass
- Avogadro constant
B
C
- C-terminus
- C18 column
- C1V1 = C2V2
- Calibration curve
- Capillary electrophoresis
- Capping
- Carrier protein
- CAS Registry Number
- Cell culture
- Celsius
- Centrifuge
- Certificate of analysis
- Charge state
- Chirality
- Chromatogram
- Circular dichroism
- Cleavage
- Click chemistry
- Cold chain
- Collision-induced dissociation
- Conjugation
- Copper peptide complex
- COSHH
- Counter-ion
- Coupling reagent
- Covalent bond
- Crimp cap
- Crude peptide
- Cyclic peptide
- Cysteine
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
- MALDI
- Maleimide
- Mass accuracy
- Mass concentration
- Mass resolution
- Mass spectrometry
- Mass-to-charge ratio
- Measurement uncertainty
- Merrifield resin
- Methionine
- Method validation
- Microgram
- Microlitre
- Micromolar
- Micromole
- Micropipette
- Microwave-assisted peptide synthesis
- Milligram
- Millilitre
- Millimolar
- Mobile phase
- Molar mass
- Molarity
- Mole
- Molecular formula
- Molecular weight
- Monoisotopic mass
N
O
P
- Palmitoylation
- Parts per million
- Peak area
- Peak tailing
- PEGylation
- Peptide
- Peptide aggregation
- Peptide bond
- Peptide hormone
- Peptide library
- Peptide mapping
- Peptide purity
- Peptidomimetic
- Personal protective equipment
- pH
- Phenylalanine
- Phosphate-buffered saline
- Piperidine
- pKa
- Precipitation
- Precision
- Preparative HPLC
- Proline
- Protease
- Protecting group
- Proteolytic stability
- Proteomics
- Protonated molecule
- PubChem
- Pyroglutamate
Q
R
S
- Safety data sheet
- Salt bridge
- Salt exchange
- Scavenger
- Secondary structure
- Septum
- Sequence
- Serial dilution
- Serine
- Shelf life
- Signal-to-noise ratio
- Size-exclusion chromatography
- SMILES
- Sodium chloride
- Solid-phase peptide synthesis
- Solubility
- Sonication
- Specification
- Spectrophotometer
- Stability study
- Stable isotope labelling
- Standard deviation
- Stapled peptide
- Stationary phase
- Sterile filtration
- Sterile water
- Stock solution
- Structure-activity relationship
- Sublimation
- Syringe filter
T
U
V
W
Z
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