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Protein folding

Principles and problems

Protein folding is one of the most important biological processes because it converts the linear information encoded in genes into the three-dimensional structures that give proteins their functional properties. Biochemist John Ellis explains how proteins fold, and introduces how problems with the process can lead to disease

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Polypeptide

Quaternary structure

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