Levels of Protein Structure

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Biochemistry

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What is primary?
amino acid sequence
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What is primary determined by?
determined by genome
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What is secondary?
how the polypeptide coils (alpha helix) or folds (beta pleated sheets)
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What is tertiary?
3 dimensional shape
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What is tertiary determined by?
determined by interaction between the “R” groups found on individual amino acids
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What is Quaternary determined by?
structure determined by polypeptide subunits and how they interact with one another
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The shape of a protein is determined by ___________
Primary Sequence