Question

Name the linkage by which the monomers in the following macromolecules are held together : (a)Polysaccharides (b)Polypeptides

Answer 1

Polysaccharides

• Polysaccharides are polymers made up of numerous monomer monosaccharides

• They are held together by glycoscidic bonds

• The first carbon combines with the sixth carbon of another monosaccharide

• Bond formation is hydrolytic in nature

Polypeptides

• Polypeptides are numerous amino acids held together by peptide bonds