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Protein Primary Structure

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A protein's primary structure is the specific linear sequence of amino acids joined by peptide bonds along its chain.

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Changing even one amino acid in a chain of hundreds can change the protein's primary structure enough to change how it folds.

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Primary structure names only the sequence, not the three-dimensional shape that sequence goes on to fold into.