How to Use peptide bond in a Sentence

peptide bond

noun

• Peptide drugs are simply those made of short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.
  — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
• Without an enzyme, a typical peptide bond would be stable for hundreds of years in water.
  — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
• Breaking these bonds apart simply reverses the process by breaking apart the peptide bond and a water molecule, and linking their parts.
  — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
• For one, the stability of the peptide bonds means that reactions wouldn’t take place without an effective catalyst.
  — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
• The protease partially pulls a proton off the water molecule, activating it to attack and break up the peptide bond.
  — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
• One is a zinc protease, where the positive charge of the zinc atom coordinates the peptide bond that’s being broken, key parts of the protease, and a water molecule.
  — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
• That’s because organisms have evolved a handful of ways to catalyze the break-up of peptide bonds, which have diversified into countless specialized protein-digesting enzymes.
  — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
• In this case, a cysteine (one of the amino acids) in the enzyme is activated to attack the peptide bond, creating a temporary intermediate where part of the protein being cut is chemically linked to the enzyme.
  — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026