Biology GCSE
Structural proteins in organisms
What Structural proteins in organisms means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A structural protein such as collagen in connective tissue or keratin in skin, hair and nails may lose its strength if a mutation changes its shape.
Topics that use Structural proteins in organisms
- DNA structure (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amino acid sequence
- Base sequence
- Carrier molecules
- codon
- Complementary base pairing
- degenerate
- double helix
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