What is an amino acid? Give one example.
Amino acids contain amino (–NH2) and carboxyl (–COOH) functional groups. For example glycine.
Write the structural formula of a Zwitter ion.
How do amino acids form proteins?
What are the monomers constituting proteins?
In what respect would any two naturally occurring amino acids differ from one another?
Describe the bonds responsible for the secondary structure of proteins.
Name two important secondary structural forms for a protein.
What type of bonding helps in stabilising the α-helix structure of proteins?
What type of bonding occurs in β-pleated sheet?
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