H Look at the atoms and bonds you removed You should have tw

H Look at the atoms and bonds you removed. You should have two white hydrogens, one red two green bonds. Put them together and what do you get? Water! What is this process valled? What is the name of the process that adds a water molecule to split a polymer? What is a polypeptide? Why are the terms \"polypeptide\" and \"protein\" often used interchangeably?

Solution

1. The process is called redox reaction.

Explanation- Hydrogen molecules undergo oxidation through loss of electrons and oxygen molecules undergo reduction through gain of electrons.

2. Hydrolysis

Explanation- Breakdown of polymers into monomers. The split water molecule provides hydrogen and hydroxyl ion to the monomers.

3. A polypeptide is a linear chain of amino acids bound by peptide bonds.

4. All proteins are polypeptides constituted of amino acid monomers linked through peptide bonds. Hence, the terms polypeptide and proteins are used interchangeably.