Q.

A short peptide on complete hydrolysis produces 3 moles of glycine (G), two moles of leucine (L) and two moles of valine (V) per mole of peptide. The number of peptide linkages in it are ________.              [2023]


Ans.

(6)

Three moles of glycine (G), two moles of leucine (L) and two moles of valine (V) per mole of peptide show that peptide chain has 7 amino acids, that is a heptapeptide chain. The number of peptide linkages in it are 6.