Question

A peptide made up of n number of amino acids contains how many peptide linkages?

• A. $n$
• B. $n+1$
• C. $2n-1$
• D. $n-1$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $n-1$

REF.Image.

A peptide made up of n number of

amino acids contains (n-1) peptide

linkage.

for example

Tripeptide