- From: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:35:16 +0000
- To: Wacek Kusnierczyk <Waclaw.Marcin.Kusnierczyk@idi.ntnu.no>
- Cc: W3C HCLSIG hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Wacek Kusnierczyk <Waclaw.Marcin.Kusnierczyk@idi.ntnu.no> writes: >>> I don't know whether the BioPAX Level 2 definition of protein is the >>> most useful one, but at least it sounds clear to me: >>> >>> protein = anything containing exactly one polypeptide chain >>> >>> Clear enough? >>> >> >> >> So insulin is not a protein, wheras a dipeptide is? >> > > indeed; insulin is a protein complex, and a dipeptide, following this > and other similar definitions, is a protein. > Insulin is two polypeptide changes so following this definition is not a protein. Phil
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