different between isopeptide vs isopeptidase

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iso- +? peptide

isopeptide (plural isopeptides)

(chemistry) A compound of two or more amino acids (a peptide) in which an amide link involves an amino group not in the alpha- position

isopeptide +? -ase

isopeptidase (plural isopeptidases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of an isopeptide bond, especially that between the terminal diglycine attached to ubiquitin

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