Peptides

A peptide is a short chain of amino acids. The amino acids in a peptide are associated with each other in a grouping by bonds called peptide bonds. Ordinarily, peptides are recognized from proteins by their shorter length, in spite of the fact that the cut-off number of amino acids for characterizing a peptide and protein can be subjective. Peptides are commonly viewed as short chains of at least two amino acids. In the interim, proteins are long atoms comprised of numerous peptide subunits, and are otherwise called polypeptides. Proteins can be processed by chemicals (different proteins) into short peptide parts. Proteins comprise of at least one polypeptides masterminded in a naturally practical manner, frequently bound to ligands, for example, coenzymes and cofactors, or to another protein or other macromolecule, for example, DNA or RNA, or to complex macromolecular gatherings.      

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