Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Proteins

Proteins — practice question

Haemoglobin is made up of two $\alpha$ chains and two $\beta$ chains. About $5\%$ of all humans have a change in one amino acid in the $\beta$ chain, which alters the structure and stability of haemoglobin. Which levels of protein structure could be affected in the haemoglobin of these humans?

  • Aprimary only
  • Bprimary and quaternary only
  • Cprimary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary
  • Dsecondary, tertiary and quaternary only

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