INTRO

Peptides (from Ancient Greek (peptós) 'digested,' from v (péssein) 'to digest') are short chains
of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.[1][2] Oligopeptides are chains of less than twenty
amino acids and include dipeptides, tripeptides, and tetrapeptides.

A polypeptide is a longer, continuous, unbranched peptide chain.[3] Peptides, like nucleic acids,
oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and others, belong within the broad chemical families of
biological polymers and oligomers.

A protein is a polypeptide with more than 50 amino acids.[3][4][5] Proteins are composed of
one or more polypeptides arranged in a biologically functional manner, often bound to ligands
such as coenzymes and cofactors, or to another protein or other macromolecule such as DNA
or RNA, or to complex macromolecular assemblies .[6]

Residues are amino acids that have been integrated into peptides.
Each amide bond releases a water molecule.[7] Except for cyclic peptides, all peptides have an
N-terminal region (amine group)