What is the difference between a polypeptide and a protein?

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hectoroftroy
Dec 14, 2016

Technically, a polypeptide is a string of covalently bonded amino acids which are not folded into any specific structure - whereas a protein is a string of covalently bonded amino acids that has folded into its correct shape.

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