Compare and contrast the chemical structure of a DNA molecule with the chemical structure of a protein. How many different monomers compose each polymer type? What types of three dimensional structure(s) do each form?

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Compare and contrast the chemical structure of a DNA molecule with the chemical structure of a protein.  How many different monomers compose each polymer type?  What types of three dimensional structure(s) do each form?

thomaster · Answer

A DNA molecule looks like this: http://bit.ly/KtpF A Protein looks like this: http://bit.ly/10wNiY9 A DNA molecule forms a double helix as a 3d structure A protein can have a lot of 3d structures

thomaster · Answer

Here are some examples of protein structures http://bit.ly/gS2Tdg And there are a million other structures :P They don't really look so colourfull, it's just to distinguish the different constructions.