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comparitive lengths of A peptide and B peptide in human insulin?

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The length of the peptide chain is linked with the no of amino acids present in that chain.

Peptide A contains 21 amino acids and peptide B contains 30 amino acids .
Therefore the ratio of lengths of A peptide to B peptide in human insulin is 21:30.

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