Nature Of Bond Linking Monomers In A Polymer

Question 1

a peptide bond is formed between two amino acids in a protein when the _____ group of one amino acid reacts with the ____ group of the next amino acid with the elimination of _____

Answer 1

carboxyl
amino
water

Question 2

in a polysaccharide, the individual monosaccharides are linked by a ____ bond

Answer 2

glycosidic

Question 3

in a nucleic acid, a phosphate moeity links the _______ of a sugar of a nucleotide to the ____ of the sugar of the next nucleotide

Answer 3

3’ carbon
5’ carbon

Question 4

in nucleic acids, the bond between the phosphate and hydroxyl group of sugar is an ____ bond

Answer 4

ester

Question 5

in a nucleic acid, since there is one ester bond on either side of a nucleotide, it is called a _____ bond

Answer 5

phosphodiester

Question 6

watson-crick model of dna says that its structure is

Answer 6

double helix

Question 7

in the polynucleotide of dna, the nitrogenous bases are on which side

Answer 7

inside

Question 8

in dna, there are ____ hydrogen bonds between adenine and thymine and _____ hydrogen bonds between cytosine and guanine

Answer 8

two
three

Question 9

in dna, at each step of ascent, the strand turns ____

Answer 9

36 degree

Question 10

in dna, one full turn of the helical strand would involve how many base pairs

Answer 10

10

Question 11

if dna is drawn in a straight line, the pitch would be _____ angstrom and rise per base pair would be ____ angstrom

Answer 11

34
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