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Peptides and Proteins

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  • Hydrolysis of Proteins
    This page looks briefly at the hydrolysis of proteins into their constituent amino acids using hydrochloric acid.
  • Peptide Bonds
    The formation of peptides is nothing more than the application of the amide synthesis reaction. By convention, the amide bond in the peptides should be made in the order that the amino acids are written. The amine end (N terminal) of an amino acid is always on the left, while the acid end (C terminal) is on the right.
  • Proteins and Amino Acids

Thumbnail: Ball-and-stick model of the glutathione molecule, C10H17N3O6S. (Public Domain; Ben Mills).


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