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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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biopolymerizationnoun(biochemistry) Polymerization to form biopolymers.
biomonomernoun(biochemistry) The monomer of a biopolymer
biohomopolymernoun(biochemistry) A biological homopolymer
biopolyesternounA polyester produced by a biological organism (typically, by a microorganism)
biomacromoleculenoun(biochemistry) Any macromolecule (such as protein, nucleic acid or polysaccharide) of biological origin
bioplasticnounAny 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
macropolymernounAn 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.
nanobiopolymernounA nanomaterial composed of biopolymers
polynucleotidenoun(biochemistry) A polymeric macromolecule composed of many nucleotides; examples include DNA and RNA
bioparticlenounA 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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