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peptide bond

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An amide bond formed between the amino and carboxyl functional groups of separate amino acids.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

The primary linkage of amino acids in proteins.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peptide linkage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical bond, bond

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رابطة ببتيدية — amine bond
  • Armenian: պեպտիդային կապ (peptidayin kap) — amine bond
  • Basque: lotura peptidiko — amine bond
  • Belarusian: пептыдная сувязь (pjeptydnaja suvjazʹ) — amine bond
  • Bengali: পেপটাইড বন্ধন (pepoṭaiḍ bondhon) — amine bond
  • Bulgarian: пептидна връзка (peptidna vrǎzka) — amine bond
  • Catalan: enllaç peptídic — amine bond
  • Chinese Cantonese: 肽鍵 /肽键 (taai3 gin6) — amine bond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肽鍵 /肽键 (tàijiàn) — amine bond
  • Czech: peptidová vazba — amine bond
  • Danish: peptidbinding — amine bond
  • Dutch: peptidebinding — amine bond
  • Esperanto: peptida ligilo — amine bond
  • Estonian: peptiidside — amine bond
  • Finnish: peptidisidos — amine bond
  • French: liaison peptidique — amine bond
  • Galician: enlace peptídico — amine bond
  • German: Peptidbindung — amine bond
  • Greek: πεπτιδικός δεσμός (peptidikós desmós) — amine bond
  • Hebrew: קשר פפטידי — amine bond
  • Hindi: पेप्टाइड बंध (pepṭāiḍ bandh) — amine bond
  • Hungarian: peptidkötés — amine bond
  • Italian: legame peptidico — amine bond
  • Japanese: ペプチド結合 (pepuchido ketsugō) — amine bond
  • Korean: 펩타이드 결합 (peptaideu gyeolhap) — amine bond
  • Mongolian: пептидийн холбоо (peptidiin xolboo) — amine bond
  • Norwegian: peptidbinding — amine bond
  • Persian: پیوند پپتیدی — amine bond
  • Polish: wiązanie peptydowe — amine bond
  • Portuguese: ligação peptídica — amine bond
  • Romanian: legătură peptidică — amine bond
  • Slovak: peptidová väzba — amine bond
  • Slovene: peptidna vez — amine bond
  • Spanish: enlace peptídico — amine bond
  • Swedish: peptidbindning — amine bond
  • Turkish: peptit bağı — amine bond
  • Ukrainian: пептидний зв'язок (peptydnyj zvʺjazok) — amine bond