A Few Questions About Monomers?

Question

What is the chemical process that links monomers together?

What is the chemical process that breaks monomers apart?

What essential protein is involved in the breaking and linking of monomers?

Anybody know?

Answer 1

Polymerization is the linking of monomers together.  Mono means one/single; poly- means many.

Depolymerization is the reverse of polymerization.  This is frequently done thermally like (styrene) or by hydrolysis, e.g., polyesters.

A very critical protein in biology are the ones involved in DNA replication. Polymerases are enzymes, which are proteins that faciliate reactions. Polymerases specifically link ribonucleic acid (as conjugate bases) into DNA and RNA to propagate life.