BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

PROTEINS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False. Proteins have nucleic acids as their monomers
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nucleic acids are composed of building blocks called nucleotides, which consist of one pentose sugar, a nitrogenous base, and a phosphate group. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and enzymes, not nucleic acids.

Detailed explanation-2: -Recall that the monomer units for building the nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, are the nucleotide bases, whereas the monomers for proteins are amino acids, for carbohydrates are sugar residues, and for lipids are fatty acids or acetyl groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -Proteins are constructed through an intricate action blueprinted and carried out by the nucleic acids deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). The process is known as protein biosynthesis and involves the construction of protein chains from individual amino acids in a particular sequence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Proteins contain monomers known as amino acids.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nucleotides. DNA and RNA are polymers (in the case of DNA, often very long polymers), and are made up of monomers known as nucleotides.

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