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Peptide bond is an example of bond formed through
 

Option: 1

Hydrolysis
 


Option: 2

Dehydration synthesis
 


Option: 3

Both a and b
 


Option: 4

None of these
 


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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, the biomolecules are the polymers of monomers that are joined together via the covalent bonds. 
  • A homopolymer has only one type of monomer repeating 'n' 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 share 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.

 

                                         

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Peptide bond is an example of bond formed through dehydration synthesis reaction.

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