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Primary structure
The sequence of amino acids that makes up the polypeptide chain.


Read more about this term in the Online Textbook:
Proteins and Proteomics: Introduction to Protein Structure

Related Terms:
Secondary structure
Tertiary structure
Quaternary structure


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The Three-Dimensional Structure of a Protein
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