PROTEINS

PROTEINS

STRUCTURE

CLASSIFICATION

EXAMPLES

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins proteins are polymers long chain molecules of monomer units called amino acids. each amino acid contains an amino group and another group bonded to the same carbon Atom.

Alanine, Ala

Serine, Ser

Lysine, Lys

Aspartic Acid, Asp

Fibrous proteins: elongated molecules with dominant secondary structure

globular proteins: compact spherical molecules with dominant tertiary structure.