peptide bond
| Bond that joins two amino acids together within a protein. The carboxyl ( |
| In a cell, nearly all peptide bonds are produced by the ribosome, which transfers the growing polypeptide chain to the aminoacyl-tRNA, using the peptidyl transferase activity. Only a small number of small peptides are produced by other enzymes. |
| Peptide bonds are broken by hydrolytic enzymes called peptidases and proteases. |
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