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Question by  Jaigurudev (29)

What is the difference in primary, secondary and tertiary protein structure?

I need help with the difference between primary secondary tertiary protein structure.

 
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Answer by  bragadha (13)

Primary is the sequence of amino acid in polypeptide chain. secondary is the ordered arrangement of amino acids in localised area of a polypeptide chain. Tertiary is three dimensional arangement

 
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Answer by  jsmith (2067)

Primary is the amino acid sequence, secondary is the 3D shape of individual segments (like alpha-helices + beta-sheets) and tertiary structure is the globular shape of the whole protein.

 
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