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The C-terminus is an end of a [https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Polypeptide_chain polypeptide chain], which consists of a free [https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Carboxyl_group carboxyl (-COOH) group].<br>  
The C-terminus is an end of a [[polypeptides|polypeptide]] chain, which consists of a free carboxyl (-COOH) group.<br>  


All amino acids have an [https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Amine amine (-NH<sub>2</sub>) group] and a carboxyl group, therefore a polypeptide chain will always have a N-terminus (free amine group end) and a C-terminus (free carboxyl group end).
All amino acids have an [[Amino_group|amino]] (-NH<sub>2</sub>) group and a [[Carboxyl_group|carboxyl group]], therefore a polypeptide chain will always have a [[N-terminal|N-terminus]] (free amine group end) and a C-terminus (free carboxyl group end).

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The C-terminus is an end of a polypeptide chain, which consists of a free carboxyl (-COOH) group.

All amino acids have an amino (-NH2) group and a carboxyl group, therefore a polypeptide chain will always have a N-terminus (free amine group end) and a C-terminus (free carboxyl group end).

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