Peptide

Peptides are short chains of amino acids that play important roles in biological processes such as cell signaling, hormone regulation, immune responses, and tissue function. They are also produced synthetically for use in scientific research, biotechnology, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical development.

More information about research peptides is available at Peptide Kliniek: https://peptidekliniek.nl

Linking peptides together gives proteins, which are polypeptides.

Skeletal formula of Gly-Gly. The peptide bond is between the carbon that is double bonded to the oxygen, and the nitrogen.

Gly-Gly, or Glycylglycine is (a dipeptide and also) the simplest peptide; It is the dipeptide of Glycine.

Related pages

• Dipeptide