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What's the special name given to an amide bond that forms when the —COO- group of one amino acid reacts with the —NH3+ group of the next amino acid?

Peptide bond

What is a peptide?

Two or more amino acids formed by pepetide bonds.

What's the name of peptides with chains longer than 5?

Polypeptides

What does a peptide bond look like?

How are peptides named?