Case: Read the passage and answer the following questions Protein structure is the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in an amino acid-chain molecule. Proteins are polymers – specifically polypeptides – formed from sequences of amino acids, the monomers of the polymer. A single amino acid monomer may also be called a residue indicating a repeating unit of a polymer. A monopeptide has one amino acid. A dipeptide has two amino acids. A tripeptide has three amino acids. A tetrapeptide has four amino acids. The complete structure of a protein can be described at four different levels of complexity: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure. |
Which type of bonds governs the secondary structure of proteins? |
Covalent bond Metallic bond Hydrogen bond Ionic bond |
Hydrogen bond |
The secondary structure refers to the shape in which the polypeptide chain exists. There are two possible structures which arise due to the regular folding of the backbone of the polypeptide chain due to hydrogen bonding between CO and NH groups of peptide bond. |