A chemical reaction or process that converts a compound into an amide or adds amide groups to a molecule.
From 'amidate' + '-tion' (noun suffix), creating an abstract noun describing the process. The suffix '-tion' comes from Latin and denotes an action or result.
Amidation is crucial in peptide and protein chemistry—when scientists want to modify the ends of peptides, they perform amidation reactions, which is why many commercial peptides end with an 'amide tag' that makes them more stable in the body.
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