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3 years ago

What is different about the secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure of each protein?

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Primary structure is the order in which what amino acid bound the other with a peptide bond. This is coded for by the order of codons in a gene

secondary structure is how the chains on amino acids interact with each other to form beta barrels and alpha helixes. This structure is determined by hydrogen bonds between the different amino acids

Tertiary structure is when the secondary structures interact with each other through disulphide bonds, hydrogen bonds hydrophobic/ hydrophilic interactions etc. This is all determined by the placement of certain anino acids within the proteins secondary structure

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Structure One:

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O: +1

Structure Two:

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When calculating the formal charge for an atom, the assumption is that electrons in a chemical bond are shared equally between the two bonding atoms. The formula for the formal charge of an atom can be written as:

$\text{Formal Charge} \\ = \text{Number of Valence Electrons in Element} \\ \phantom{=}-\text{Number of Chemical Bonds} \\\phantom{=} - \text{Number of nonbonding Lone Pair Electrons}$ .

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N is in IUPAC group 15. There are 15 - 10 = 5 valence electrons on N.
This N atom is connected to only 1 chemical bond.
There are three pairs, or 6 electrons that aren't in a chemical bond.

The formal charge of this N atom will be $5 - 1 - 6 = -2$ .

Apply this rule to the other atoms. Note that a double bond counts as two bonds while a triple bond counts as three.

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N: -2
C: 0
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N: 0
C: 0
O: -1

Structure Three:

N: -1
C: 0
O: 0.

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Additionally, if there is a negative charge on one of the atoms, that atom shall preferably be the most electronegative one in the entire molecule. O is more electronegative than N. Structure two will likely be favored over structure three.

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