BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

PROTEINS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The longest known polypeptide is ____ and contains ____ amino acids.
A
titin; 30, 000
B
aspartame; 3, 000
C
insulin; 300, 000
D
catalase; 3, 000, 000
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The largest (longest) single protein known is Titin (connectin: contributing to the passive stiffness of the muscle), which has a molecular size around 30, 000 amino acid residues and three million Da.

Detailed explanation-2: -Titin is the largest protein chain in your body, with more than 34, 000 amino acids. This titanic protein acts like a big rubber band in our muscles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Titin, the largest protein in the human body, is well known as a molecular spring in muscle cells and scaffold protein aiding myofibrillar assembly.

Detailed explanation-4: -Titin is the third most abundant protein in muscle (after myosin and actin), and an adult human contains approximately 0.5 kg of titin. With its length of  27, 000 to  35, 000 amino acids (depending on the splice isoform), titin is the largest known protein.

Detailed explanation-5: -leucine”, the longest word contains 189, 819 letters! This word is the name of a protein found in our muscles that keeps them elastic. A protein’s name lists every single amino acid found inside it.

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