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# How to pronounce "polypeptide chain" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/pɒlɪpɛptɪdɛtʃɪn/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **po·ly·pep·ti·de·chain**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "polypeptide chain" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "to be a polymer, and a chain of amino acids, the polymer of amino acids is known as a polypeptide. Polypeptide. And sometimes a polypeptide chain is a protein, but sometimes a protein can be made up of multiple polypeptide chains put together."
- **Watch at 2:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78QUeXVKiJ4&t=162s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "long polypeptide chain that have similar uh chemical properties to allow them to bind to each other and to a variety of small molecules within the body uh and"
- **Watch at 6:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve5xdqoh1bs&t=400s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "long polypeptide chain that has two domains."
- **Watch at 16:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CALYA11terw&t=1018s)

### Example 4
*Accent: AUS*
> "in each little polypeptide chain there is a an iron heme group and that binds to oxygen and carries around the blood"
- **Watch at 8:29**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iaGdXd-WG8&t=509s)

### Example 5
> "Every hemoglobin molecule is really made of eight different component molecules -- four are a red pigment called heme, and four are a protein called, you guessed it, globin. Each globin is a globular polypeptide chain -- hence its name -- and proteins, you’ll probably remember, like to bind to stuff. So each globin has its own personal ring-shaped heme molecule, and in the center of that heme is an iron atom, kinda like a cherry on top of a protein-and-pigment sundae."
- **Watch at 2:52**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-XoM2144tk&t=172s)

### Example 6
> "All of this shape caused by bonding between R groups gives our polypeptide a tertiary structure. So now we have a massively contorted polypeptide chain, and it actually contorts very precisely. Sometimes, just one chain is what makes up the whole enzyme or protein."
- **Watch at 12:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itsb2SqR-R0&t=762s)

### Example 7
*Accent: AUS*
> "spanning Alpha Helix protein and it's consists of a single polypeptide chain"
- **Watch at 4:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOb2MipwIv8&t=253s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "Now, this other polypeptide chain could, once again, be from another protein, from another polypeptide."
- **Watch at 28:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbh5AQTX8r4&t=1713s)

### Example 9
*Accent: US*
> "What happens is that the amino acids in the polypeptide chain, at least in a local area, will tend"
- **Watch at 34:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGQDQ0BSge4&t=2046s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "And what you have is local occurrences of the polypeptide chain aggregating, or assembling,"
- **Watch at 34:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGQDQ0BSge4&t=2058s)


## How to Pronounce "polypeptide chain"

- **Syllables**: po · ly · pep · ti · de · chain
- **IPA**: `/pɒlɪpɛptɪdɛtʃɪn/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[polypeptide](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/polypeptide), [chain](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/chain)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “polypeptide chain”?
“polypeptide chain” is pronounced /pɒlɪpɛptɪdɛtʃɪn/ (po · ly · pep · ti · de · chain). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “polypeptide chain”?
“polypeptide chain” has 6 syllables: po · ly · pep · ti · de · chain.

### How can I hear “polypeptide chain” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “polypeptide chain” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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