BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

AMINO ACIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When two amino acids are linked, you have a
A
Tripeptide
B
Polypeptide
C
Amino Acid
D
Dipeptide
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1: Amino acids undergo condensation to form a molecule called a dipeptide. The C−N bond is called a peptide bond. A peptide bond is the amide bond that occurs between the amine nitrogen of one amino acid and the carboxyl carbon of another amino acid. The resulting molecule is called a dipeptide.

Detailed explanation-2: -When two amino acids form a dipeptide through a peptide bond, it is a type of condensation reaction. In this kind of condensation, two amino acids approach each other, with the non-side chain (C1) carboxylic acid moiety of one coming near the non-side chain (N2) amino moiety of the other.

Detailed explanation-3: -When connected together by a series of peptide bonds, amino acids form a polypeptide, another word for protein.

Detailed explanation-4: -A peptide bond forms when the amino group of one amino acid bonds to the carboxyl group of another amino acid. A peptide is two or more amino acids joined together by peptide bonds, and a polypeptide is a chain of many amino acids. A protein contains one or more polypeptides.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dipeptide is an organic compound formed when two amino acids are joined by a peptide bond. Depending on which groups of amino acids are involved in the peptide bond four dipeptides can be formed from two different amino acids.

There is 1 question to complete.