Question

What are the monomers and polymers of protein?

Answer 1

Proteins:

• Proteins are the most abundant biomolecules of the living system.
• A protein is made up of amino acids.
• Thus, amino acid behaves as a monomer in the formation of a polymer that is a protein (The polymer is itself protein).

An amino acid contains Amino $\left(-{\mathrm{NH}}_2\right)$ and Carboxyl $\left(\mathrm{COOH}\right)$ functional groups.

General representation of amino acids:

Example:

Protein structure of glycylalanine-A protein formed by a peptide bond or peptide linkage