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A protein is a polypeptide chain consisting of a sequence of units or “residues”, which are amino acids chosen from a pool of 20. Proteins are synthesized as unfolded polypeptide chains and they fold after synthesis in order to become active.
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Yakubovich, A.V. (2011). Introduction. In: Theory of Phase Transitions in Polypeptides and Proteins. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22592-5_1
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