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n. (context biochemistry molecular biology English) The manner in which the helix or sheets of a protein are folded to give a three-dimensional structure
Usage examples of "tertiary structure".
She summoned up old and new versions of the enzyme, highlighted the regions where the tertiary structure was different, and probed them with her fingertips-confirming, palpably, that the cavity in the giant molecule where the reaction took place had changed shape.
She summoned up old and new versions of the enzyme, highlighted the regions where the tertiary structure was different, and probed them with her fingertipsconfirming, palpably, that the cavity in the giant molecule where the reaction took place had changed shape.
Carson peered deep into the tertiary structure of the polypeptide, made up of thousands of amino acids.
She summoned up old and new versions of the enzyme, highlighted the regions where the tertiary structure was different, and probed them with her fingertips—.
You engineer a retrovirus that makes a minor alteration to your enkephalin receptor's tertiary structure, thus changing it's substrate affinity.