Chapter 23, Problem 2QSDC

Summary Introduction

To analyze:

What would be the best career guidance for a $5$ year old (she’s very intellectual) who shows interest in knowing the $\text{3D}$( three-dimensional organization) structure of a protein?

Should she pursue to become a geneticist, a mathematical theoretician, or a biophysicist?

Introduction:

Amino acids have the ability to adapt different structure according to their chemical property. Mostly ‘L’ form of amino acids is observed in a biological system. Experimental approaches are also used for detection of secondary structure i.e. CD spectroscopy and NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) that are more reliable for detection of $\text{3D}$( three-dimensional organization) structure.

The three dimensional structure of protein depends on the primary structure of the protein which can be analyzed by using experimental approaches i.e. NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) and x-ray crystallography.