Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Proteins

Proteins — practice question

The diagram represents a protein molecule. Two long polypeptides each adopt $\alpha$-helices over most of their length, and these wind around one another to make a fibre. At one end, each polypeptide folds into a globular head. Two short polypeptides attach to each head. What describes the protein structure of this molecule?

  • Aquaternary structure because each molecule consists of six polypeptides
  • Bsecondary structure because the long polypeptides form $\alpha$-helices
  • Ctertiary structure because the $\alpha$-helices form a fibre
  • Dtertiary structure because the heads form globular proteins

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