BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

PROTEINS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Proteins are composed of what smaller building blocks?
A
amino acids
B
monosaccharides
C
fatty acids
D
nucleotides
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Proteins are made up of hundreds or thousands of smaller units called amino acids, which are attached to one another in long chains. There are 20 different types of amino acids that can be combined to make a protein.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amino acids are the smallest and basic structural units of proteins. Amino acids of same or different types combine together to form a polypeptide chain and many polypeptide chains, in turn, join to form a complex structure called protein.

Detailed explanation-3: -The building blocks of proteins are amino acids, which are small organic molecules that consist of an alpha (central) carbon atom linked to an amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydrogen atom, and a variable component called a side chain (see below).

Detailed explanation-4: -Amino acids are small molecules that are the building blocks of proteins. Proteins serve as structural support inside the cell and they perform many vital chemical reactions. Each protein is a molecule made up of different combinations of 20 types of smaller, simpler amino acids.

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