C-terminus

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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 amine (-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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