peptide bond

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Food Biotechnology

The chemical bond holding amino acid residues together in peptides and proteins. The (CO-NH) bond is formed by the condensation, with loss of a water molecule, between the carboxyl (-COOH) group of one amino acid and the amino (-NH₂) of the next amino acid.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture