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By Patricia Van Arnum, Editorial Director, DCAT, [email protected] Inside the technology Solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) is the dominant method in peptide synthesis, but other approaches, such as liquid-p…
Read guide →Topic summary A Peptide Bond is an amide linkage that connects neighboring amino acids in a polypeptide chain. It forms when the carboxyl group of one amino acid reacts with the amino group of another in a deh…
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Read guide →Introduction Peptides play an essential role in fundamental physiological processes and are necessary for many biochemical processes. A peptide is a short string of 2 to 50 amino acids, formed by a condensatio…
Read guide →Chapters and Articles You might find these chapters and articles relevant to this topic. Peptide Bonds Link Amino Acids Together in Proteins Proteins are formed as a linear, unbranched chain of amino acids. Th…
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