Two amino acids in a protein are linked by a peptide bond.
e.g. glycylalanine is formed when carboxyl group of glycine combines with the amino group of alanine.
125.
Which of the following statements is not correct?
A
Proteins are polyamides formed from amino acids.
B
Except glycine, all other amino acids show optical activity.
C
Natural proteins are commonly made up of $$L$$ - isomer of amino acids.
D
In $$\alpha $$ - amino acids, $$ - N{H_2}$$ and $$ - COOH$$ groups are attached to different carbon atoms.
Answer :
In $$\alpha $$ - amino acids, $$ - N{H_2}$$ and $$ - COOH$$ groups are attached to different carbon atoms.
Starch is a mixture of amylose & amylopectin polysaccharides and monomer is glucose. Thus on complete hydrolysis it gives only glucose.
127.
Proteins are found to have two different types of secondary structures viz. $$\alpha $$ - helix and $$\beta $$ - pleated sheet structure. $$\alpha $$ - helix structure of protein is stabilised by
$$\alpha $$ - Helix structure of protein is stabilised by hydrogen bonds between $$-NH-$$ group of one amino acid residue and the group of another amino acid residue.
128.
When $$\alpha {\text{ - }}D{\text{ - }}$$ glucose and $$\beta {\text{ - }}D{\text{ - }}$$ glucose are dissolved in water in two separate beakers I and II respectively and allowed to stand, then –
A
specific rotation in beaker I will decrease while in II will increase upto a constant value
B
the specific rotation of equilibrium mixture in two beakers will be different
C
the equilibrium mixture in both beakers will be leavorotatory
D
the equilibrium mixture in both beakers will contain only cyclic form of glucose
Answer :
specific rotation in beaker I will decrease while in II will increase upto a constant value
$$\alpha {\text{ - }}D{\text{ - }}$$ glucose or $$\beta {\text{ - }}D{\text{ - }}$$ glucose when dissolved in water and allowed to stand, following equilibrium is established.
$$\mathop {\alpha {\text{ - }}D{\text{ - glucose}}}\limits_{\left( { + {{111}^ \circ }} \right)} \rightleftharpoons {\text{Open chain form}} \rightleftharpoons \mathop {\beta {\text{ - }}D{\text{ - glucose}}}\limits_{\left( { + {{19}^ \circ }} \right)} $$
Specific rotation of $$\alpha {\text{ - }}$$ form falls, while that of $$\beta {\text{ - }}$$ form increases until a constant value of $$ + {52.5^ \circ }$$ is reached at equilibrium. This phenomenon is known as mutarotation.
129.
Each polypeptide in a protein has amino acids linked with each other in a specific sequence. This sequence of amino acids is said to be _________.