A homopolymer has only one type of building block called monomer repeated 'n' number of times. A heteropolymer has more than one type of monomer. Proteins are heteropolymers usually made of:
A
20 types of monomers
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B
40 types of monomers
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C
30 types of monomers
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D
Only one type of monomer
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Solution
The correct option is A 20 types of monomers Proteins are heteroplymers which are made up of 20 types of amino acids, each having an amino group -NH2, a carboxylic acid group - COOH, a hydrogen atom and a side chain R where each attached to alpha carbon.