Amino acids as monomers of protein?

2 Answers
Mar 22, 2018

Monomers of a polypeptide chain.

Explanation:

Amino acids are the building blocks (or monomers) of a polypeptide chain. The poly peptide chain then gets folded up into a 3D for that is called a protein.

Amino acids bond together through an amide condensation reaction to form an Amide bond. This is called a peptide bond in biology.

Mar 22, 2018

Well, yes.

Explanation:

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, and have an amine group #(-NH_2)#, as well as a carboxyl group #(-COOH)#.

When hundreds and thousands of them combine using peptide bonds, they form proteins, which are nutrients essential for survival.

So, we can say that amino acids are monomers of proteins.

Here is a simple picture to represent how amino acids build up proteins:

https://juicing-for-health.com/amino-acids-and-proteins

To read about peptide bonding, visit:

https://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/virttxtjml/protein2.htm