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peptide bond
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covalent chemical bond linking two consecutive amino acid monomers along a peptide or protein chain
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Peptide bond
In organic chemistry, a peptide bond is an amide type of covalent chemical bond linking two consecutive alpha-amino acids from C1 (carbon number one) of one alpha-amino acid and N2 (nitrogen number two) of another, along a peptide or protein chain.
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