1. a compound consisting of two amino acids linked by a peptide bond
Usage: biochemistry

Examples

• The dipeptide glycylglycine is the simplest example of two amino acids joined together.
• Researchers studied how dipeptides are absorbed in the small intestine.
• The protein was broken down into various dipeptides during digestion.
• This dipeptide plays an important role in cellular metabolism.
• The laboratory synthesized a new dipeptide for pharmaceutical testing.
• Dipeptides are intermediate products in protein hydrolysis.