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The structure of insulin consists of two polypeptide chains A and B . These two polypeptide chains

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Which of the following statements regarding the structure of proinsulin and mature insulin are not correct ? (i) Proinsulin is made up of three polypeptide chains -A,B and C (ii) c- polypeptide chain with 33 amino acids is removed prior to insulin formation (iii) Mature insulin is made up of 51 amino acids arranged in two polypeptide chain -A and B (iv) Polypeptide chain A has 30 amino acids and polypeptide chain B has 21 amino acids (v) Polypeptide chains A and B are interconnected by only one S-S linkage.

True or False. Insulin consists of three short polypeptide chains i.e., chain A, chain B and chain C.