A dipeptide is a kind of organic compound (and therefore a kind of molecule). A dipeptide is made up of only two amino acids: one amino acid on each side of a peptide bond. A dipeptide can be made from two different amino acids or by two amino acids of the same kind. A peptide bond will be in between the two amino acids.
Gly-Gly, or Glycylglycine is a dipeptide and also the simplest peptide. It is the dipeptide of Glycine.
List of dipeptides
Some of the dipeptides are
aspartame, an artificial sweetener.
Acetylcarnosine, cataract prevention
Advantame
Ala-Gln, infusion
Alafosfalin
Alanyl-glutamine
Aloxistatin
Andrimid
Anserine are highly concentrated in muscle and brain tissues. They are used in sports medicines. Homoanserine, found in the brain and muscles of mammals Argininosuccinic acid BNC-210 Carnosine are highly concentrated in muscle and brain tissues. They are used in sports medicines. DAPT (chemical) Diphenylalanine is a well-known building block in peptide nanotechnology E-64 Gly-Tyr, infusion Glycylglycine Hypoglycin B imidazole-dipeptide (related page Imidazole) Kyotorphin is a neuroactive dipeptide which plays a role in pain regulation in the brain. Melphalan flufenamide Neotame Val-Tyr, antihypertensive (or ophidine) has been identified in the muscles of several species of mammal (including man), and the chicken. Glorin is a chemotactic dipeptide for the slime mold Polysphondylium violaceum. Barettin is a cyclic dipeptide from the marine sponge Geodia barretti. Pseudoproline Dialanine is commonly used as a model in molecular dynamics. Xenortides, isolated from the bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila
