<span>Protein tertiary structures
are known to be a three dimensional structure of a protein with a single
polypeptide chain (backbone) and one or more protein secondary structures known as
protein domains.</span>
Tertiary Structure Interactions
1) Hydrophobic Interactions: they are non-
covalent bonds and very important in the formation of tertiary structure.
2) Ionic Bonds: the interaction of both positive
and negative amino acids forms a bond that helps to stabilize the protein molecules.
3) Hydrogen Bonds: this bond exit between the
amino acid with hydrophilic side chain found on the surface of the molecules and
water molecules in a solution.
4) Disulfide Bridges: it is a strong covalent bond commonly found between cysteine residues in close proximity space.
There are 6 base pair changes between species A and species B. Since we know the rate of change is 1 base pair every 4 million years, we know 6x 4 million is likely how long ago the species diverged. 6x 4 million = 24 million years
