👉 In biochemistry, "peptolysis" is a process in which proteins are broken down into smaller peptides. It occurs during protein synthesis and can be regulated by enzymes that catalyze this breakdown of amino acids.
Specifically, it involves two stages:
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Peptide Synthesis
: This stage typically begins with the elongation step where an enzyme called peptidyltransferase (also known as a proteolytic enzyme) binds to the amino acid and converts it into its