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= Dehydration Synthesis and Proteins =

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 * Dehydration in proteins involves the combination of two amino acids as shown. The water molecule comes off like the carbohydrate reaction. The bond in between the two amino acid molecules that forms is called a dipeptide bond. Just like all other dehydration synthesis reactions, the hydrolysis is the reverse. ======

* THE DEFINITION OF DEHYDRATION:
Dehydration synthesis is a chemical reaction in which one or more molecules of water are removed from the reactants to [|form] a new product.

* THE DEFINITION OF PROTEINS:  Any of a group of complex organic macromolecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and usually sulfur and are composed of one or more chains of amino acids.