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A homopolymer is
Option: 1
Formed through hydrolysis
Option: 2
Formed through dehydration synthesis
Option: 3
Contains same type of monomers
Option: 4
Both b and c
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Synthesis and Degradation of Biomolecules
- There are four types of biomolecules - carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.
- These are large macromolecules that are made up of repeating units of monomers, which are the single units and building blocks of biomolecules.
- Hence, biomolecules are polymers of monomers that are joined together via covalent bonds.
- A homopolymer has only one type of monomer repeating 'n' a number of times.
- A heteropolymer has more than one type of monomer repeating itself.
Synthesis of biomolecule - Dehydration Synthesis
- It refers to the condensation reaction wherein monomers are joined via a covalent bond to form the polymer.
- In this reaction, the monomers lose water, hence called dehydration.
- In this reaction, the hydrogen of one monomer combines with the hydroxyl group of another monomer and shares electrons with each other to form a covalent bond.
- Glycosidic bonds in carbohydrates, peptide bonds in proteins and phosphodiester bonds in nucleic acids are the types of covalent bonds that are formed through dehydration synthesis.
Synthesis of a biomolecule
A homopolymer is Formed through dehydration synthesis and contains the same type of monomers.
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