BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Upon chemical analysis, a particular polypeptide was found to contain 100 amino acids. How many peptide bonds are present in this protein?
A
100
B
99
C
101
D
50
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A particular polypeptide containing 100 amino acids has 99 peptide bonds (Option 3).

Detailed explanation-2: -Proteins coded in human genome are expected to number about 3.5 × 104. If any combinations of 20 amino acids are equally possible, there are 1.3 × 10130 ( = 20100) possible amino acid sequences in proteins being composed of 100 amino acids.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The polypeptides with over 100 amino acids long chain are known as Proteins. Proteins are large molecules or macromolecules that are composed of long chains of polypeptides.

Detailed explanation-4: -The answer is 899 peptide bonds are required to form a polypeptide chain with 900 Amino acids.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thus, the correct answer is ‘153.

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