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Peptides (Naturally Found in Nature)

Peptides are naturally occurring biological molecules. Peptides are found in all living organisms and play a key role in all manner of biological activity.

Like proteins, peptides are formed (synthesized) naturally from transcription of a sequence of the genetic code, DNA. Transcription is the biological process of copying a specific DNA gene sequence into a messenger molecule, mRNA, which then carries the code for a given peptide or protein.

Reading from the mRNA, a chain of amino acids is joined together by peptide bonds to form a single molecule. There are 20 naturally-occurring amino acids and, like letters into words, they can be combined into an immense variety of different molecules. When a molecule consists of 2-50 amino acids it is called a peptide, whereas a larger chain of > 50 amino acids generally is referred to as a protein.