Molecular Origami

a: secondary structure ~
b: sheet of paper

What:

"If secondary structure is like a sheet of paper or a slinky, then tertiary structure is folding that sheet of paper or tying the slinky into a more complex shape. The tertiary structure of a protein is stabilized by interactions between different R groups."


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Date: Sep 12 2015 9:29 PM


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