peptide bond

1. 1.

   the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide

   Synonymspeptide linkage

   Broaderchemical bond

Questions about peptide bond

What does peptide bond mean?

peptide bond means "the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide".

What is another word for peptide bond?

Close synonyms include peptide linkage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peptide bond a common word?

peptide bond is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.