Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Polymerisation

Polymerisation — practice question

Proteins are produced when amino acids undergo polymerisation.
(a(i))[1]

State the kind of chemical reaction that is used to make these polymer chains.

(a(ii))[2]

Serine and valine are able to join to make a dipeptide. Draw the skeletal formula of the dipeptide ‘val-ser’.

(a(iii))[2]

Suggest how the amino acid type in a protein determines its three-dimensional structure.

(b(i))[2]

Using labelled diagrams or words as appropriate, explain why one enzyme may catalyse only a particular reaction on a particular substrate.

(b(ii))[3]

Using labelled diagrams or words as appropriate, explain how non-competitive inhibition of an enzyme-catalysed reaction can take place.

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