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What is the monomeric unit of a polypeptide?

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Amino acid
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Glucose
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Nucleoside
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Nucleotide
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Solution

The correct option is A Amino acid
Polypeptide as the name indicates (poly = many and peptide = peptide bond) is formed by polymerisation of different amino acids via the peptide bond.

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