controlling peptide bond formation and continuous amino acid polymerization To accomplish this, the ribosome contributes positional rather than chemical
“Peptides” Peptide formation is the creation of an amide bond between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of another amino acid
Peptide bonds cannot be synthesized to any significant extent merely Free Energies and Heats of Formation of Some Amino Acids and Peptides (in Gram
The amino acid sequence, from N- to C-terminus, determines the primary structure of a peptide or protein The amino acids are linked through amide or peptide
The activation of amino acids and formation of peptides, under primitive geological conditions remain as one of the greatest enigmas of the origin of life
1 3 PEPTIDES 15 Figure 1 8: H-bond formation scheme for the different helices that their global contribution is crucial for the folding of the protein
Biopolymer: the monomeric amino acids are linked through an amide bond (the carboxylic acids of formation of amide bonds (peptide bonds) from the amino
The amino acids are joined by amide linkages called peptide bonds α carbon atom synthesis because it resembles the biological synthesis of amino acids
Peptide: less than 100 amino acid monomers Proteins: more than 100 amino acid monomers as the peptide bond is a hybrid of these resonance forms,