Answer: A protein domain is a region of the protein's polypeptide chain that is self-stabilizing and that folds
independently from the rest. Each domain forms a compact folded three-dimensional structure. Many proteins consist of several domains.
One domain may appear in a variety of different proteins. Molecular evolution uses domains as building blocks and these may be recombined in different arrangements to create proteins with different functions.
In general, domains vary in length from between about 50 amino acids up to 250 amino acids in length.
The shortest domains, such as zinc fingers, are stabilized by metal ions or disulfide bridges. Domains often form functional units, such as the calcium binding EF-hand domain of calmodulin.
Because they are independently stable, domains can be "swapped" by genetic engineering between one protein and another to make chimeric proteins.
Water would move out of the cells of the microorganisms by osmosis and the cytoplasm would become dehydrated, killing the cells.
The brine is a hypertonic solution, thereby "pulling" the water out of the bacterial cells.
While photosynthesis requires carbon dioxide and releases oxygen, cellular respirationrequires oxygen and releases carbon dioxide. It is the released oxygen that is used by us and most other organisms for cellular respiration. We breathe in that oxygen, which is carried through our blood to all our cells.
Answer:
the fundamental unit of heredity
Explanation:
DNA is a double stranded helix structure. Each strand is made up of a string of nucleotides.
A gene is a region of DNA, usually tens of thousands of nucleotides long. At the simplest level, one gene encodes for one trait. Therefore, the gene can be described as the fundamental unit of heredity.
Genes work by coding for specific proteins, which carry out essentially all the functions in the cell.
