Why are proteins called polypeptides?
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This is because when two amino acids bond together, they form a dipeptide, and when several amino acids bond they form polypeptides, which constitute a protein.
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Proteins are called as polypeptides because they consist of large number of α-amino acids that are linked together into a long chain by means of peptide linkages.
A polypeptide with more than hundred ά-amino acid residues having molecular weight greater than 10,000 is called a protein.
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A polypeptide with more than hundred ά-amino acid residues having molecular weight greater than 10,000 is called a protein.
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