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| | Online Introduction to Biology - Chemistry - Important Molecules in Living Systems |
 | | Such construction of molecules, a type of synthesis, is done almost universally with a process called dehydration synthesis, with the removal of a hydrogen from one component and a hydroxide from the other (these combine to form water, so the components lose water or dehydrate). |
 | | Since amino acids can also be called peptides, the bond of carboxyl to next amino, from the carbon directly to the nitrogen (no oxygen bridge, with the OH being lost from the carboxyl side and the H from the amino side in dehydration synthesis) in the primary structure is called a peptide bond. |
 | | Protein synthesis, since it involves picking up and translating genetic information, will be covered in more detail after nucleic acids have been discussed; however, some details are pertinent here. |
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