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- Hemoglobin is a tetramer consisting of two a and two b chains. What level of protein structure is described in the above statement?What is inositol trisphosphate (IP3)?One of the alpha helices of hemoglobin beta subunit would represent this type of structure: O PRIMARY O SECONDARY O TERTIARY O QUATERNARY
- How does sickle cell hemoglobin differ from normal hemoglobin at the quaternary level of protein structure (the sum of all the folded protein chains)?The interactions between the 2 a and 2 b subunits of hemoglobin represent what type of protein structure?How does sickle cell hemoglobin differ from normal hemoglobin at the fourth level of protein structure (the sum of all the folded protein chains)?
- What exactly happens in hemoglobinopathy and what is sickle cell anemia? How are these related to the structure of proteins in our body?Which of these statements about hemoglobin is NOT true? A) it is a tetrameric globular protein b) it has a prosthetic group called heme c) it’s dominant motif is beta barrel d) its dominant motif is helix-turn-helix The reagent used to break disulfide bonds is: a) urea b) beta-mercaptoethanol c) guanidine hydrochloride d) phosphorus pentachlorideIn what type of intra and intermolecular interactions does a valine within a protein backbone typically participate? How would this variation in Sickle Cell Disease be classified?
- Hemoglobin is a tetramer consisting of two α and two β chains.What level of protein structure is described in this statement?Hemoglobin is composed of how many polypeptide chains thatchange during development?Glycoproteins: a) Briefly describe the structure and function of EPO. Provide its full name b) What are lectins?