i. A schematic structure of the subunit of hemerythrin (an oxygen-binding protein from invertebrate animals) is shown to the right. (a) It has been found that in some of the a-helical regions of hemerythrin, about every third or fourth amino acid residue is a hydrophobic one. Suggest a structural reason for this finding. (b) What would be the effect of a mutation that placed a proline residue at point A in the structure?

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i. A schematic structure of the subunit of hemerythrin (an oxygen-binding
protein from invertebrate animals) is shown to the right.
(a) It has been found that in some of the a-helical regions of hemerythrin,
about every third or fourth amino acid residue is a hydrophobic one.
Suggest a structural reason for this finding.
(b) What would be the effect of a mutation that placed a proline residue at
point A in the structure?
Transcribed Image Text:i. A schematic structure of the subunit of hemerythrin (an oxygen-binding protein from invertebrate animals) is shown to the right. (a) It has been found that in some of the a-helical regions of hemerythrin, about every third or fourth amino acid residue is a hydrophobic one. Suggest a structural reason for this finding. (b) What would be the effect of a mutation that placed a proline residue at point A in the structure?
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