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What is meant by C-and Nterminal of a peptide ?

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C-terminal is the end of an amino acid chain terminated with a free carboxyl group `(-COOH)`whereas the N-terminal is the end of hte same amino acid with a free amine `(-NH_(2))`groups.
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