An artificial sweetener is a pentapeptide synthesized in a lab. How many water molecules were eliminated to form the peptide linkages in this molecule?
Q1. An artificial sweetener is a pentapeptide synthesized in a lab. How many water molecules were eliminated to form the peptide linkages in this molecule?
Answer: 4 water molecules
Explanation: A pentapeptide contains five amino acids linked by four peptide bonds. Option C is tempting but describes the number of amino acids, not the bonds.