(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.

plural of peptide

Of, pertaining to, or containing peptides.

Archaic form of peptide.

plural of peptid

Reacted with, or complexed with a peptide

Relating to, or composed of one or more peptides

A complex formed from a peptide

plural of peptidate

(chemistry) An amide bond formed between the amino and carboxyl functional groups of separate amino acids. / (biochemistry) The primary linkage of amino acids in proteins.