Amino acid sequence
What Amino acid sequence means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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The precise sequence in which amino acids are joined together, determined by the sequence of bases on the template, so the protein can fold into a functional protein.
The sequence of triplets determines the exact order in which amino acids are joined together, forming the protein's primary structure.
The order of amino acids coded for by a gene, which determines how the chain folds.
Topics that use Amino acid sequence
- DNA and the genome (AQA GCSE)
- DNA structure (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
- What happens in cells (and what do cells need)? (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Complementary base pairing
- Base sequence
- double helix
- polymer
- protein folding
- Protein function
- ribosomes
- sugar-phosphate backbone
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