Biological Unit

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The "Biological Unit" is the quaternary structure of a protein that is believed to be the functional form of the molecule. It can be a single chain, or a quaternary assembly of multiple identical or non-identical chains. For example, the biological unit of hemoglobin includes two alpha chains and two beta chains,

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