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Chemists generally refer to it as an amide. Strictly speaking, it's a peptide linkage when it links two peptide residues, and "amide" is the more general form, but in casual usage the two are essentially interchangeable and which you tend to use depends on whether you got there from the chemistry or Biology side of things.

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What bonds do protein molecules have?

amide linkage


What is the importance of native amide bonds?

Native amide bonds take part in formation of a peptide. If the amine and carboxylic acid functional groups in amino acids join together to form amide bonds, a chain of amino acid units is formed, thus called the peptide bonds.Ê


Which functional groups are always involved in amide bonds?

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What types of bonds are the ones that attach amino acids to each other in a growing polypeptide?

They are amide bonds -covalent. When an amino acid reacts with another, the carboxylic acid reacts with the amine forming an amide.


What is an amidohydrolase?

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What kind of bond does chlorhexidine have?

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What materials are nylon?

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What are the chemical bonds that form proteincalled?

A special form of an amide bond called peptide bonding.


What are the differences between chemical structures of Peptide bond and chemical structures of Amide bond?

The formation of both the bonds is same but the term amide bond is used for simple molecules as CH3-CO-NH2 or CH3-CO-NH-CH3 etc. the term peptide bond is used for polymers where a large chain of polymer is formed due to amide bonds as in Di and poly peptide and also in proteins.


What are components of a protein?

Proteins are made from amino acids connected by peptide bonds (a type of amide bond).


What is an amidase?

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What is the term for 10-50 amino acids joined together by amide bonds?

The term for 10-50 amino acids joined together by amide bonds is a peptide. Peptides are smaller than proteins and play important biological roles in the body, such as signaling and enzyme functions.