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Chapter 3Protein Structure and FunctionBroad functional classesSo Proteins have structure and Fine!-Why do we care to know more????Understanding functional architechture gives usPOWERto: Diagnose and find reasons for diseases Create modifying drugs Engineer our own designer-proteinsDNA(mRNA)Translation:Tr anslation into 3D structure:3D structure determines function:Modifications: chemical modification of aminoacidsInteraction with other moleculesProteolytic cleavage(Location)New 3D structureNew functionaProteins are single, unbranched chains of amino acid monomersaThere are 20 different amino acidsaThe amino acid sidechains in a peptide can become modified, extending the functional repetoire of aminoacids to more than hundred different amino protein s amino

DNA (mRNA) Translation: Translation into 3D structure: 3D structure determines function: Modifications: Chemical modification of aminoacids Interaction with other molecules

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