peptide bond

noun

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

Similar
peptide linkage

Meanings

nounpeptide bond (plural peptide bonds)

plural peptide bonds

  1. chemistryAn amide bond formed between the amino and carboxyl functional groups of separate amino acids.
  2. biochemistryThe primary linkage of amino acids in proteins.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
peptide linkage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic رابطة ببتيدية
  • رابطة ببتيديةamine bond
Basque lotura peptidiko
  • lotura peptidikoamine bond
Bengali পেপটাইড বন্ধন
  • পেপটাইড বন্ধন (pepoṭaiḍ bondhon)amine bond
Bulgarian пептидна връзка
  • пептидна връзка (peptidna vrăzka)amine bond
Catalan enllaç peptídic
  • enllaç peptídicamine bond
Chinese Cantonese 肽鍵 /肽键
  • 肽鍵 /肽键 (taai³ gin⁶)amine bond
Chinese Mandarin 肽鍵 /肽键
  • 肽鍵 /肽键 (tàijiàn)amine bond
Czech peptidová vazba
  • peptidová vazbaamine bond
Danish peptidbinding
  • peptidbindingamine bond
Dutch peptidebinding
  • peptidebindingamine bond
Esperanto peptida ligilo
  • peptida ligiloamine bond
Estonian peptiidside
  • peptiidsideamine bond
Finnish peptidisidos
  • peptidisidosamine bond
French liaison peptidique
  • liaison peptidiqueamine bond
German Peptidbindung
  • Peptidbindungamine bond
Greek πεπτιδικός δεσμός
  • πεπτιδικός δεσμός (peptidikós desmós)amine bond
Hebrew קשר פפטידי
  • קשר פפטידיamine bond
Hindi पेप्टाइड बंध
  • पेप्टाइड बंध (pepṭāiḍ bandh)amine bond
Hungarian peptidkötés
  • peptidkötésamine bond
Italian legame peptidico
  • legame peptidicoamine bond
Japanese ペプチド結合
  • ペプチド結合 (pepuchido ketsugō)amine bond
Korean 펩타이드 결합
  • 펩타이드 결합 (peptaideu gyeolhap)amine bond
Norwegian peptidbinding
  • peptidbindingamine bond
Persian پیوند پپتیدی
  • پیوند پپتیدیamine bond
Polish wiązanie peptydowe
  • wiązanie peptydoweamine bond
Portuguese ligação peptídica
  • ligação peptídicaamine bond
Romanian legătură peptidică
  • legătură peptidicăamine bond
Slovak peptidová väzba
  • peptidová väzbaamine bond
Spanish enlace peptídico
  • enlace peptídicoamine bond
Swedish peptidbindning
  • peptidbindningamine bond
Turkish peptit bağı
  • peptit bağıamine bond
Ukrainian пептидний зв'язок
  • пептидний зв'язок (peptydnyj zvʺjazok)amine bond
Cite this entry
APA

peptide bond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peptide%20bond

MLA

“peptide bond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peptide%20bond. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peptide bond,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peptide%20bond.

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