Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
N
-terminus:
The end of a
peptide
or
protein
primary structure
in which the
amino acid
residue
is not part of a
peptide bond
. The terminal
group
is often (but not always) an
amine
or
ammonium cation
.
The
amino acid
Gly
is the
N
-terminus of this
tripeptide
.
Related terms:
C-terminus
,
zwitterion
,
dipeptide
,
tripeptide
,
tetrapeptide
,
pentapeptide
,
polypeptide
,
enzyme
,
N
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