Similarities and Differences in the Primary Structures of a Protein

question 68

True/False

Similarities and differences in the primary structures of a protein isolated from two different organisms can provide an estimate of the evolutionary relationship between the two organisms.

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Definitions:

Electronegativity

A measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons towards itself in a molecule.

Frequency

The number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time.

Characteristic Stretching

The unique vibration of molecular bonds within a molecule, used in infrared spectroscopy to identify specific functional groups.

Frequency

The number of cycles or vibrations per unit of time; in physics and chemistry, it often relates to the energy levels of atoms and molecules.