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Biomolecules — Chemistry STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceChemistryBiomolecules2 Marks
Question
Write a note on primary structure of protein compounds.
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Answer

→Proteins may have one or more polypeptide chains.
→"Each polypeptide in a protein has amino acids linked with each other in a specific sequence and this sequence of amino acids is said to be the primary structure of that protein."
→Any change in the primary structure i.e., the sequence of amino acids creates a different protein.

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