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What determines the type of protein?
A protein’s shape is determined by the sequence of amino acids that make up the protein. The order of the amino acids, or the primary structure, determines the folding of the amino acid chains or tertiary structure. A protein’s shape determines it function.
What is a sequence of DNA that codes for a protein?
The right answer to this question is that “The sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait is called a gene”.
What dictates how a protein should look like?
The shape of a protein is determined by its primary structure (sequence of amino acids). The sequence of amino acids in a protein is determined by the sequence of nucleotides in the gene (DNA) encoding it.
How is the sequence of a protein determined?
The sequence of a protein is usually notated as a string of letters, according to the order of the amino acids from the amino-terminal to the carboxyl-terminal of the protein. Either a single or three-letter code may be used to represent each amino acid in the sequence.
How are proteins coded according to their function?
The sequence of amino acids determines each protein’s unique 3-dimensional structure and its specific function. Amino acids are coded by combinations of three DNA building blocks (nucleotides), determined by the sequence of genes. Proteins can be described according to their large range of functions in the body, listed in alphabetical order:
Why is it important to know the sequence of amino acids?
The amino acid sequence of a protein or peptide is useful information to understand the protein or peptide, identify it in a sample and categorize its post-translational modifications.
What are the structural features of a protein?
Most proteins consist of linear polymers built from series of up to 20 different L-α- amino acids. All proteinogenic amino acids possess common structural features, including an α-carbon to which an amino group, a carboxyl group, and a variable side chain are bonded.