Peptide

Peptides are organic chemical molecules. They are polymers made from linking amino acids together in a certain order. The link between one amino acid residue and the next is known as an amide bond or a peptide bond.

Linking peptides together gives proteins, which are polypeptides.

Gly-Gly, or Glycylglycine is (a dipeptide and also) the simplest peptide; It is the dipeptide of Glycine.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.201702425. Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 2023-02-26

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Dipeptide

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Category:Molecular biology
Category:Polymers