dipeptiden.
/dʌɪˈpɛptʌɪd/, U.S. /daɪˈpɛpˌtaɪd/ Chemistry.
Any compound composed of two amino-acid residues linked by a peptide bond.
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1903 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 84 i. 694 (heading) Derivatives of dipeptides and their behaviour towards pancreas ferments.
1955 Sci. Amer. May 37/1 A group of linked amino acids is known as a peptide: two units form a dipeptide, three a tripeptide and so on.
1965 G. W. Anderson in Florkin & Stotz Comprehensive Biochem. VI. vii. 258 When the term dipeptide is used, one ordinarily thinks of a compound formed of alpha amino acids which are joined by amide linkage of the carboxyl group of one acid with the amino of another.
1970 New Scientist 30 Apr. 217/3 The resulting dipeptide joins successively onto valine, then ornithine, then leucine.
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