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5.1 Proteins are Linear Polymers of Amino Acids
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The Coplanar Nature of the Peptide Bond
Six atoms of the peptide group lie in a plane!
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“Peptides”
• Short polymers of amino acids
• Each unit is called a residue
• 2 residues - dipeptide
• 3 residues - tripeptide
• 12-20 residues - oligopeptide
• many - polypeptide
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The sequence of ribonuclease A
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Configuration and conformation are not the same
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The tetrameric structure of hemoglobin