Significance of secondary and tertiary structure of a protein
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The primary structure of proteins describes a chain of amino acids connected by covalent bonds to form a polypeptide chain. ... A protein's quaternary structure is formed when a protein contains two or more peptide chains (also called subunits) with primary, secondary and tertiary structure.
Answer:
Tertiary structure:
• The long protein chain of the
polypeptide chain usually folds
upon itself like a hollow woollen
ball. This is termed as tertiary
structure. This structure gives a
3-dimensional view of protein.
• Tertiary structure is absolutely
necessary for the many
biological activities of proteins
for example, this structure
brings distant amino acid side
chains closer forming the active
site (the site to which a
substrate gets attached) of
proteins i.e., enzymes. e.g.,
Myoglobin (protein found in
muscle cell)