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Schematic diagram of the primary structure of oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin. Seven of the nine amino acid sequences of these peptides are identical. Amino acids in the third and eighth positions differ (in red). Both peptides contain disulphide bridges between Cysteine (Cys) residues at positions one and six.
