Chapter 5
Protein Structure
![What are Proteins?](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/12486.jpg)
Proteins are polymers of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. Proteins and polypeptides are interchangeably used to refer to long chains of…
![Protein Organization](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/12487.jpg)
Proteins are polymers of amino acid residues. They are versatile and responsible for different cellular functions, including DNA replication,…
![Protein Families](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/11502.jpg)
Protein families are groups of homologous proteins; that is, they have similarities in amino acid sequences and three-dimensional structures. Protein…
![Conservation of Protein Domains Over Different Proteins](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/11503.jpg)
Protein domains are small structurally independent units that are part of a single amino acid chain. Although these domains are often…
![Intrinsically Disordered Proteins](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/11505.jpg)
Intrinsically disordered proteins are a group of proteins that do not fold into specific three-dimensional structures. Their structural flexibility…
![Protein Complex Assembly](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/11506.jpg)
Proteins can form homomeric complexes with another unit of the same protein or heteromeric complexes with different types. Most protein…
![Laser-free Hydroxyl Radical Protein Footprinting to Perform Higher Order Structural Analysis of Proteins](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/thumbs/61861_t.png)
Hydroxyl Radical Protein Footprinting (HRPF) is an emerging and promising higher order structural analysis technique that provides information on…
![Detection of Protein Aggregation using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/thumbs/62576_t.png)
Protein aggregation is a hallmark of neurodegenerative disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's…