10 Questions
What is the fundamental building block of proteins?
Amino acids
What type of bond links amino acids together to form a polypeptide?
Peptide bond
What is the characteristic of all amino acids except glycine?
Optical activity
What is the term for the side chain of an amino acid?
R group
What is the term for a polymer built from a series of amino acids?
Polypeptide
What is the characteristic that distinguishes one amino acid from another?
The differing side chains, called R groups
What is the term for a biologically functional molecule composed of one or more polypeptides?
Protein
What type of polymer is a protein?
Unbranched
What is the common feature of all amino acids, except for glycine?
Optical activity
What is the functional unit of a protein?
Polypeptide
Test your knowledge of proteins and amino acids, the building blocks of life. Learn about the structure and function of proteins, and how amino acids differ in their properties.
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