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Question 27

The following rows show series of organic molecules and the chemical processes that occur to interconvert them.

Which of the rows, A to D, is correct?

nucleotide→hydrolysispolynucleotide→hydrolysisnucleotide\text{nucleotide} \xrightarrow{\text{hydrolysis}} \text{polynucleotide} \xrightarrow{\text{hydrolysis}} \text{nucleotide}nucleotidehydrolysis​polynucleotidehydrolysis​nucleotide

glycerol + fatty acids→condensationtriglyceride→hydrolysisglycerol + fatty acids\text{glycerol + fatty acids} \xrightarrow{\text{condensation}} \text{triglyceride} \xrightarrow{\text{hydrolysis}} \text{glycerol + fatty acids}glycerol + fatty acidscondensation​triglyceridehydrolysis​glycerol + fatty acids

amino acid→condensationdipeptide→hydrolysispolypeptide\text{amino acid} \xrightarrow{\text{condensation}} \text{dipeptide} \xrightarrow{\text{hydrolysis}} \text{polypeptide}amino acidcondensation​dipeptidehydrolysis​polypeptide

α-glucose→hydrolysismaltose→condensationα-glucose\alpha\text{-glucose} \xrightarrow{\text{hydrolysis}} \text{maltose} \xrightarrow{\text{condensation}} \alpha\text{-glucose}α-glucosehydrolysis​maltosecondensation​α-glucose

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