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Biopolymer
Any macromolecule of a living organism that is formed from the polymerization of smaller entities; a polymer that occurs in a living organism or results from life.
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Any macromolecule of a living organism that is formed from the polymerization of smaller entities; a polymer that occurs in a living organism or results from life.
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| Word | Definition |
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| biopolymerizationnoun | (biochemistry) Polymerization to form biopolymers. |
| biomonomernoun | (biochemistry) The monomer of a biopolymer |
| biohomopolymernoun | (biochemistry) A biological homopolymer |
| biopolyesternoun | A polyester produced by a biological organism (typically, by a microorganism) |
| biomacromoleculenoun | (biochemistry) Any macromolecule (such as protein, nucleic acid or polysaccharide) of biological origin |
| bioplasticnoun | Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as plant sugars, starches, or oils, rather than from petroleum. |
| biomoleculenoun | (biochemistry) Molecules, such as amino acids, sugars, nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, and RNA, that occur naturally in living organisms; any such molecule, even if created outside a living thing (as for example in a test tube or bioreactor). |
| exopolymernoun | (biochemistry) Any biopolymer, created by an organism, that has been transferred to its external environment, and thus is now located outside the organism |
| biopolyelectrolytenoun | (biochemistry) Any polyelectrolyte of biological origin |
| macropolymernoun | An aggregation of polymers, especially of polypeptides |
| ribopolymernoun | (biochemistry) polyribonucleotide |
| polymerasenoun | (biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template. |
| biopeptidenoun | (biochemistry) Any peptide of biological origin. |
| polypeptidenoun | (organic chemistry) Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds. |
| nanobiopolymernoun | A nanomaterial composed of biopolymers |
| polynucleotidenoun | (biochemistry) A polymeric macromolecule composed of many nucleotides; examples include DNA and RNA |
| bioparticlenoun | A particle of biological material |
| polysaccharidenoun | (biochemistry) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds. |
| copolymerasenoun | (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a copolymerization reaction |
| macromoleculenoun | (organic chemistry, biochemistry) A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins). |
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