Tsaren Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Explain what a prosthetic groups and a conjugated protein is , please:) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GirlwiththeBlueBox Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 A prosthetic group is a tightly bound, specific non-polypeptide unit required for the biological function of some proteins, whereas a conjugated protein is a compound, such as hemoglobin, made up of a protein molecule and a nonprotein prosthetic group. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sam_ Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Also, a conjugated protein may have more than one polypeptide chain, in the example given above: haemoglobin is made up of 4 polypeptide chains (2 alpha-helices and 2 beta-pleated sheets) and 4 in-organic haem groups. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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