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Define the following with an example of each : (a) Polysaccharides (b) Denatured protein (c) Essential amino acids OR (a) Write the product when D-glucose reacts with conc. . (b) Amino acids show amphoteric behaviour. Why? (c) Write one difference between -helix and -pleated structures of proteins.
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(a) Carbohydrates that give large number of monosaccharide units on hydrolysis / large number of monosaccharide units joined together by glycosidic linkage starch/ glycogen/ cellulose (or any other) (b) Proteins that lose their biological activity / proteins in which secondary and tertiary structures are destroyed Curdling of milk (or any other) (c) Amino acids which cannot be synthesised in the body. Valine/Leucine (or any other) OR (a) When D-glucose reacts with conc. , it forms saccharic acid.
(b) In aqueous solution, the carboxyl group present in amino acid can lose a proton and the amino group can accept a proton to form zwitter ion. This zwitter ion can act both as an acid and a base showing amphoteric behaviour. (c) -helix has intramolecular hydrogen bonding while pleated has intermolecular hydrogen bonding / -helix results due to regular coiling of polypeptide chains while in pleated all polypeptide chains are stretched and arranged side by side.

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