Dipeptides

• what is a dipeptide

  2 amino acids joined together
• how does a dipeptide form

  • through a condensation reaction
  • involving the amino (NH2) group of one amino acid
  • and carboxyl (COOH) group of another
• what link does two amino acids form

  a peptide bond
• how can dipeptides be broken back down into amino acids

  through a hydrolysis reaction