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When amino acids react to form proteins, do they do so via substitution, addition, or condensation reactions?

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Proteins\textbf{Proteins} are polymers of amino acids\text{\textcolor{#c34632}{amino acids}}, with each amino acid residue joined to its neighbor by a specific type of covalent bond - a peptide bond\text{\textcolor{#4257b2}{a peptide bond}}.

Two amino acid molecules can be covalently joined through a substituted amide linkage, termed a peptide bond, to yield a dipeptide.

The peptide bond is formed by the removal of the elements of water (dehydration) from the α\alpha-carboxyl group of one amino acid and the α\alpha-amino group of another.

Peptide bond formation is an example of a condensation reaction.

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