You are working with a particular protein in your research lab to determine how its properties affect the function of the protein. To determine what consequences there might be on protein function, you decide to change just one amino acid of the entire length of the protein, which consists of a total of 100 amino acids. You have just directly changed the ________ structure of the protein.
A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) quaternary
E) binary

Question

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Changing just one amino acid in the entire length of the protein directly alters its primary structure, which is defined by the specific sequence of amino acids.

You Are Working with a Particular Protein in Your Research