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What is meant by
(i) peptide linkage
(ii) biocatalysts ?

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(i) The chemical bond which links `alpha`-amino acids in peptide and polypeptide chains, known as peptide linkage (-CO-NH-).
(ii) Biocatalysts are the enzymes which catalyse biological reactions e.g., maltase, lactase, amylase, invertase etc.
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