Chapter 3, Problem 15TYK

Summary Introduction

To review:

The importance of the primary structure of proteins, in explaining evolutionary relationships.

Introduction:

Biomolecules are organic compounds that are essential for the survival of living organisms. Proteins are biomolecules made up of amino acids as their monomer units. The amino acids are linked to each other by peptide bonds and this sequence is also known as a polypeptide. Proteins have four basic structures, namely, primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary.