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biopolymer

polymer produced by a living organism
Class type of: polymer, biological macromolecule Q422649

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
class of chemical entities with similar source or occurrence
Subclass of
polymer, biological macromolecule[2][3]
Part of
biochemistry, macromolecule metabolic process, macromolecule catabolic process, macromolecule biosynthetic process, macromolecule transmembrane transporter activity[4][5][6][7][8]
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[10]
Has part(s)
residue[9]
Has part(s) of the class
nucleic acids, polysaccharide[12][13]
Image harvest run
pdhero-20261109T102226Z
Image last checked license
CC BY-SA 3.0
Image unavailable reason
no_pd_license
Properties for this type
P660[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en biomacromolecules en biomacromolecule en biopolymers en biopolymer ar بوليمرات حيوية بولي استرات ar بوليمر حيوي cs biopolymery de Biopolymere el Βιοπολυμερές es biopolimero es biopolímero fa زیست بسپار fi biopolymeeri fr biopolymère he ביו פולימרים he ביופולימרים hi जीवबहुलक hi बायोपॉलिमर hu biopolimer ja 生体高分子
🔖 Identifiers · 40
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85014255
GND ID
4006893-6
OpenAlex ID
C2778636629, C2909316542
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
A-DNA, B-DNA and Z-DNA.png ↗
AGROVOC ID
c_27468
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300380488
BNCF Thesaurus ID
80641
BabelNet ID
03122203n
CAB ID
64554
ChEBI ID
33694
Elhuyar ZTH ID
021671
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
86922
Show all 40 identifiers +28
Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID
35336
Environment Ontology ID
06105122
Equivalent class
w3id.org
Freebase ID
/m/0199z
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
biopolimer
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0250674
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1867600
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
7793
IUPAC Gold Book ID
B00661
J9U entity ID
987007282394105171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
biopolymers
KBpedia ID
BiopolymerMolecule
MeSH descriptor ID
D001704
MeSH tree code
D05.750.078, D25.720.099, J01.637.051.720.099
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778636629
NALT ID
17507
NDL Authority ID
00570451
NL CR AUT ID
ph118921
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX535817
SNK ID
183058
ScienceDirect topic ID
agricultural-and-biological-sciences/biopolymer, engineering/biopolymers
Springer Nature Subjects Taxonomy ID
biopolymers, biopolymers-in-vivo
Topic's main category
Category:Biopolymers
UMLS CUI
C0005554
YSA ID
Y137831
YSO ID
11414
Yale LUX ID
concept/67328bf4-b77f-489c-a8d6-05782285eba9
Yle topic ID
18-15794

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 14
deoxyribonucleic acid, protein, ribonucleic acid, polysaccharide, lignin, natural rubber, peptidoglycan, suberin +6 more
Examples 4
sporopollenin, cis-regulatory element, Cutan, integrin subunit alpha 6
Has part(s) of the class 2
nucleic acids, polysaccharide
Part of 1
biochemistry
Subclass of 1
polymer
Topic's main category 1
Category:Biopolymers
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Biopolymers
← Different from 1
bioplastic
← Has part(s) of the class 1
biomolecule
← Product or material produced 1
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Summary

biopolymer is a class of chemical entities with similar source or occurrence[1].

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Use and Application

Part of include biochemistry[4], an interdisciplinary science[14]; macromolecule metabolic process[5]; macromolecule catabolic process[6]; macromolecule biosynthetic process[7]; and macromolecule transmembrane transporter activity[8].

Related Entities

biochemistry

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment Ontology ID → 06105122
    "Created claim: Environment Ontology ID: 06105122, Matched to biopolymer (#143356887) in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontology"
  2. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0090014
    "Created claim: Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0090014"
  3. 6w ago · Peter F. Patel-Schneider · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → class of chemical entities with similar source or occurrence
    "Removed claim: Instance of: second-order class"
  4. 7w ago · Einsenkungsmarke · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BNCF Thesaurus ID → 80641
    GND ID → 4006893-6
    "Created claim: GND ID: 4006893-6"
  5. 26w ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → polymer, biological macromolecule
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5
    Topic's main category → Category:Biopolymers
    Instance of → class of chemical entities with similar source or occurrence
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 86922"
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