Chapter 10, Problem 2IA.1Q

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The organic functional group in a peptide bond.

Introduction:

The peptide bond is formed by the addition of two amino acids and these two amino acids are linked together in proteins by a special kind of bond called a peptide bond. This is the functional group found in all proteins. Proteins may contain a wide range of functional groups in the amino acids like an alcoholic $\text{OH}$ in serine and threonine, $\text{SH}$ groups in cysteine and ${\text{NH}}_{\text{2}}$ groups in lysine.