International A Level Biology / Chemistry for biologists
Amino acids and peptide bonds
Edexcel International A Level Biology (YBI11), chapter 1: Chemistry for biologists, specification point 2.6. Part of the full course.
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Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. They join by condensation to form peptide bonds, and hydrolysis breaks those bonds; the biuret test can estimate protein concentration.