Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Proteins

Proteins — practice question

HIV-1 protease is an enzyme made by the HIV virus. The enzyme consists of two identical chains, each containing $99$ amino acids. In every chain, amino acids $25$, $26$ and $27$ in the sequence make up part of the active site. Which orders of protein structure determine the shape of the active site?

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

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