Define the following as related to proteins

Primary structure

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 due to this sequence of amino acids the structure of proteins is said to be primary structure. Any change in this sequence of amino acids creates a different proteins. In other words, the sequence in which various amino acids are arranged in a protein is called primary structure. The amino acid sequence of a protein determines its function and its critical of its biological activity.


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