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peptide bond

Noun B2 – Upper-Intermediate

A chemical bond that links two amino acids together to form part of a protein chain.

"A protein can contain hundreds of amino acids, each connected to the next by a peptide bond."

A peptide bond forms with the loss of a water molecule, making protein formation a condensation reaction.