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The mineral ion used to form proteins is typically magnesium (Mg2+). Magnesium plays a crucial role in the structure and function of proteins, acting as a cofactor in many enzymatic reactions.
No, not all proteins have a quaternary structure. Quaternary structure refers to the arrangement of multiple protein subunits in a functional protein complex. Some proteins consist of a single polypeptide chain and do not exhibit quaternary structure.
The primary structure of proteins is characterized by the linear sequence of amino acids. Therefore, the presence or absence of specific chemical bonds (like disulfide bonds) is not a defining feature of the primary structure.
Each chromosome is made up of DNA tightly coiled many times around proteins called histones that support its structure.
Some proteins are polar (hydrophilic) and some proteins are non-polar (hydrophobic), it depends on their function. Also, some proteins can have both polar and non polar regions in their structure
Keratin is a protein, so it has both a primary and secondary structure. In fact, all proteins have a primary and secondary structure, along with a tertiary and quaternary structure. There are many different ways proteins can be structured and shaped, so biochemists divide proteins into 4 separate parts or structures.
Opal is composed primarily of silica and water. It is a mineraloid, not a true mineral, because it lacks a crystalline structure.
There are two class of protein based on their structure namely fibrous and globular. Globular proteins form a globe like spherical structure in contrary to rod like fibrous proteins (collagen). They are soluble in water and the structure is rendered by its three dimensional arrangement of amino acids in solution. Most of the enzymes, soluble hormones and factors fall into this class of proteins.
The right question would be, "Do cells make proteins FROM small structures called amino acids?" The short answer is, yes. If your interested in how look up the Hierarchy of Protein Structures. Specifically: Primary Structure ie. the amino acid sequence Secondary Structure ie repeating folding patterns (which help determine function.) Tertiary Structure ie. many folds and patters create a 3-D shape. For some proteins this is the final structure to a functional protein (such as ribonuclease). Quaternary Structure ie. Most functional proteins are comprised of two or more polypeptides that each adopt a Tertiary Structure (see above) and then assemble with each other. When proteins consist of more than one polypeptide chain, they are said to have Quarternary Structure.
If meaning the four structural levels in proteins, then these are:* Primary structure, which is the sequence of amino acids in the peptide chain that constitutes the protein. * Secondary structure, is the location of formations called alpha-helices, beta-sheets and coiled coils (undefined, flexible structure), that forms with the help of hydrogen bonds between amino acids. * Tertiary structure: This is the over-all fold/structure of one peptide chain/protein, which can consist of many so called "domains" of typical structures of alpha-helices and beta-sheets. * Quaternary structure: Because some proteins are formed from many smaller subproteins (that is, by many peptide chains), quaternary structure describe how these subunits are assembled together.
Proteins are not hereditary material because of many reasons. Few of them are: No Uniformity in the structure: For a molecule to be carrier of heredity, It is important that its structure should remain universal. While, there is a lot of structural variation in the proteins, the structure of DNA is fairly same. The difference of the protein contents of the cells: Different cells in the same organism have different proteins and at different times in the same cells, the protein content varies. The DNA content of the all the cells in an organism are same irrespective of their location in body and time.
Color is the least reliable property to use to identify a mineral because many minerals can occur in various colors due to impurities in the crystal structure.