daredevil - 16-10-2004 at 08:37
when 2 monomers of amino acid combine to form a polymer of protein,how many water molecules are formed along with it?
rift valley - 16-10-2004 at 08:52
For every peptide bond created one water molecule is made. An alcohol group comes off of one A.A. and a hydrogen off of the other to form one water
molecule. Is that what you wanted to know?
chemoleo - 16-10-2004 at 17:37
It's not really an 'alcohol' group, as you react a carboxyl group RCOOH with an amine NH2 (or COO- and NH3+, depending on pH).
Anyway, yes, you get one molecule of water per peptide bond (amide group formation, RCO-NHR)
[Edited on 17-10-2004 by chemoleo]