In what ways do the amino acid side chains interact to influence protein function?

What will be an ideal response?


Higher-level folding of proteins is dependent on a variety of interactions (ionic, covalent, hydrogen, hydrophobic, hydrophilic, etc.), which determine the functional three-dimensional structure of proteins.

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a. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) credentials and a postgraduate degree in microbiology or a related field. b. laboratory design features that control air movement. c. personnel to wear protective clothing and devices and enter a decontaminating chamber before leaving. d. workers to have blood samples routinely tested to rule out infection or contamina-tion.

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____ can dominate the zooplankton community of temperate waters

a. Copepods b. Amphipods c. Barnacles d. Shrimp e. Heteropods

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Which of these hormones does the posterior pituitary release?

A) Growth hormone B) Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) C) ADH D) Cortisol E) Gonadotropins

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There was a massive immigration of Irish to the United States in the mid-19th century because of a failure of the Irish potato crop caused by:

A. Trichomonas vaginalis B. Plasmodiuim falciparum C. Phytophora infestans D. Giardia lamblia E. Spudsik emeraldensis

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