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What is a dipeptide?

What is a dipeptide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) An organic compound formed from two amino acids joined by a peptide bond.
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This dipeptide is found in fairly high amounts in muscle cells.
Under the right conditions, the condensation continues, with a dipeptide reacting with a third amino acid to form a tripeptide and releasing another water molecule, and so on.
It is made by the bonding together of the amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine, which are normal constituents of proteins, to form a dipeptide which is further esterified with methanol.
The VW dipeptide mobilizes the water in tissues and drains it activating the lymph node circulation.
Once the methyl group is removed, the resultant dipeptide is split at the muscosal surface by dipeptidases, and both free amino acids are absorbed.
ImmTher is a novel muramyl dipeptide immunomodulator that stimulates the patient's own immune system to kill cancer cells.

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