1. Proteins act as structural components such as keratin of hair and nail, the collagen of the bone etc. 2. Monosaccharides are the building block of protein. 3. All proteins contain the elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur

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Hello! Could you please help me in identifying whether these statements are true or false? If it’s okay, can you leave a short elaboration in order for me understand quickly the reason because I’m quite unfamiliar with this topic. Thank you so much!

1. Proteins act as structural components such as keratin of hair and nail, the collagen of the bone etc.
2. Monosaccharides are the building block of protein.
3. All proteins contain the elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur
4. The primary structure of a protein consists of the amino acid sequence along the polypeptide chain.
5. A protein may contain 20 different kinds of amino acids. Each amino acid has hydroxyl group at one end and an acid group at the other and a distinctive side chain.

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