If 600 amino acids are condensed to form a protein, how many peptide bonds are being formed? How many molecules of H2O are split out during the condensation? If the average molecular weight of a free amino acid is 130 daltons, what is the molecular weight of the protein?
Answer. Peptide bond formed between amino group of one amino acid and carboxylic group of another.
Total amino acid - 600
1 peptide bond occurs between 2 amino acid and 2 peptide bonds occur between 3 amino acid ................then 599 peptide bonds occur between 600 amino acid
1 H20 molecule release when formation of a peptide bond
Total water molecule released during formation of this polypeptide - 599
Molecular weight of one water molecule -18
Molecular weight of one free amino acid - 130 dalton
Molecular weight of protein - 600×130 - 18× 599 = 78000 - 10782 = 67218 Dalton
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