Peptide Bonds

Practice Questions

Biochemistry › Peptide Bonds

Questions
6
1

Amino acids are connected via __________ bonds, which occur between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of another.

2

What accounts for peptide bond planarity within a polypeptide?

3

The cis conformation of most amino acids is virtually non-existent in nature. Which amnio acid is the exception to this rule, and has a significant amount of cis conformation present in nature?

4

In how many different ways can the amino acids leucine, glutamate, and glycine be arranged?

5

What is represented by the colored regions of a Ramachandran plot?

6

How many water molecules are lost from the condensation of 100 amino acids into a polypeptide?

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