Normal hemoglobin is a tetramer, consisting of two molecules of ? hemoglobin and two molecules of ? hemoglobin. In sickle-cell disease, as a result of a single amino acid change, the mutant hemoglobin tetramers associate with each other and asse
A) only altered primary structure
B) only altered secondary structure
C) only altered tertiary structure
D) only altered quaternary structure
E) altered primary structure and altered quaternary structure; the secondary and tertiary structures may or may not be altered
Answer: E
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