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Q. Which one of the following structures represents the peptide chain?

ManipalManipal 2007Biomolecules

Solution:

The peptide linkage $(- NH - CO -)$ is formed by the condensation of amino acids molecules.
$HNH - \underset{\overset{|}{R}}{C}H-\underset{\overset{||}{O}}{C} - OH$
$+ H \cdot NH - \underset{\overset{|}{R}}{C}H- \underset{\overset{||}{O}}{C} - OH \to$
$- HN - \underset{\overset{|}{R}}{C}H- \underset{\overset{||}{O}}{C}-NH - - \underset{\overset{|}{R}}{C}H- \underset{\overset{||}{O}}{C} $
Hence, following structure represent the peptide chain.
$-\overset{\underset{|}{H}}{N} - \underset{|}{\overset{|}{C}}- \underset{\overset{||}{O}}{C} - \overset{\underset{|}{H}}{N} - \underset{|}{\overset{|}{C}}- \underset{\overset{||}{O}}{C}- \overset{\underset{|}{H}}{N}-\underset{|}{\overset{|}{C}} - \overset{\underset{||}{O}}{C}-$