1. May 13, 2008 #1

   scientiavore

   

   Doesn't condensation imply a change from a gas to a liquid?
   
   Were the nucleotides gases when the phosphodiester bond formed?
   Were the amino acids gases when the peptide bond formed?

    

   scientiavore, May 13, 2008
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3. May 13, 2008 #2

   Borek

   

   Staff: Mentor

   It is just the same name used for two different processes. In latin condensatio means to thicken, it happens that it fits both cases.
   
   Borek

    

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   Borek, May 13, 2008
4. May 13, 2008 #3

   scientiavore

   

   Thanks.

    

   scientiavore, May 13, 2008
5. May 16, 2008 #4

   morrobay

   

   Gold Member

   The formation of the peptide bond is called a condensation reaction since one H2O is produced when two amino acids bond.
   The NH3 amine group donates one H and the COOH acid group donates an
   OH . The peptide bond then is between N-C

    

   morrobay, May 16, 2008

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