protein folding
What protein folding means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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The amino acid sequence dictates how the polypeptide chain folds into a unique three-dimensional shape, which in turn determines the protein's function.
When the protein chain is complete it folds up to form a unique shape.
Topics that use protein folding
- DNA structure (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
- What happens in cells (and what do cells need)? (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Amino acid sequence
- Complementary base pairing
- double helix
- polymer
- ribosomes
- sugar-phosphate backbone
- transcription
- translation
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