A dipeptide is a molecule consisting of two amino acids joined by a single peptide bond. In chemistry, an amino acid is any molecule that contains both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups. ... Peptides (from the Greek πεπτος, digestible), are the family of molecules formed from the linking, in a defined order, of various amino acids. ...

The German chemist Emil Fischer obtained the first dipeptide, glycylglycine, in 1901 by the partial hydrolysis of the diketopiperazine of glycine. Hermann Emil Fischer (October 9, 1852 - July 15, 1919) was a German chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1902. ...

Dipeptides are produced from polypeptides by the action of the hydrolase enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase. In biochemistry, a hydrolase is an enzyme that can break a chemical bond by hydrolysis. ... Ribbon diagram of the catalytically perfect enzyme TIM. An enzyme is a protein that catalyzes, or speeds up, a chemical reaction. ...

Dietary proteins are digested to dipeptides and amino acids, and the dipeptides are absorbed more rapidly than the amino acids, because their uptake involves a separate mechanism.

The sweetener Aspartame, Neotame and others are a dipeptide. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sugar substitute. ... Aspartame is the name for the artificial, non-carbohydrate sweetener, aspartyl-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester; i. ... Neotame is an artificial sweetener derived from and similar in structure to aspartame. ...

Carnitine is a dipeptide of methionine and lysine. Carnosine is a dipeptide of alanine and histidine.poop.