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Dipeptide

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A dipeptide is a kind of organic compound (and therefore a kind of molecule).[1] A dipeptide is made up of only two amino acids: one amino acid on each side of a peptide bond. A dipeptide can be made from two different amino acids or by two amino acids of the same kind. A peptide bond will be in between the two amino acids.

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.[2]

List of dipeptides

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Some of the dipeptides are

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References

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  5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912684/. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved 2023-02-25