Chemistry In Context
Chemistry In Context
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Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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How an error in the primary structure of a protein in hemoglobin causes sickle cell anemia has to be explained.

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Amino acids to build proteins:

Amino acids are the basic functional units of proteins. Amino acids form peptide bonds between them and the large numbers of peptides form the protein. So, amino acids are the basic monomeric units of the proteins. Therefore proteins are polymers, especially known as biopolymers formed from the amino acid monomers.

Primary structure of a protein describes the structure of a protein through the sequences of amino acids from which the protein has been formed. So, it can be considered as the first and the most basic identifier of a protein.

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