NEET BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION

BIO MOLECULES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the monomer for organic compounds like enzymes?
A
Fatty acids
B
Amino acids
C
Proteins
D
Lipids
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Monomers are the building blocks of the four basic macromolecules of life-monosaccharides are the monomers of carbohydrates, amino acids are the monomers of proteins, glycerol/fatty acids are the monomers of lipids, and nucleotides are the monomers of DNA.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amino acids, nucleotides, monosaccharides, and fatty acids are the monomers, which produce natural polymers proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides and lipids, respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Amino acids do not have single monomers. They are basic compounds bound to the same molecule, with an amino group and a group of carboxylic acids. Instead, amino acids are monomers of proteins, long chains of amino acids that are bound together by amide bonds.

Detailed explanation-4: -Protein-A type of organic molecule which is large and has a complex structure. Proteins are polymers; the monomers which make them up are amino acids.

Detailed explanation-5: -For enzymes (and organic molecules in general) the term monomer refers to a single molecule of the compound being considered. If two of these molecules were to interact in such a way as to become linked in a chain while still remaining distinct and identical, they would be a dimer.

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