Peptide
Peptides are organic chemical molecules. They are polymers made from linking amino acids together in a certain order. The link between one amino acid residue and the next is known as an amide bond or a peptide bond.
Linking peptides together gives proteins, which are polypeptides.
Peptide Media
Drosomycin, an example of a peptide
Solid-phase peptide synthesis on a rink amide resin using Fmoc-α-amine-protected amino acid
Example of a protein (orange) and peptide (green) interaction. Obtained from Propedia: a peptide-protein interactions database.
