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Dehydration Synthesis

A dehydration synthesis reaction involving ionized monomers.

A dehydration synthesis reaction involving ionized monomers.

In the dehydration synthesis reaction between two amino acids, with are ionized in aqueous environments like the cell, an oxygen from the first amino acid is combined with two hydrogens from the second amino acid, creating a covalent bond that links the two monomers together to form a dipeptide. In the process a water molecule is formed.

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