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| 2. | a process in which proteins lose their tertiary and secondary structure, which is present in their native state, by application of some external stress |
| 3. | the name of the digestive enzymes that break down proteins (two words) |
| 4. | amino acids that cannot be synthesized de novo by the organism (usually referring to humans), and therefore must be supplied in the diet (three words) |
| 5. | many amino acids linked together |
| 7. | the name of the amide bond in polypeptides (two words) |
| 9. | a polar, neutral amino acid |
| 10. | the structure level defined by the hydrogen bonds of the biopolymer (two words) |
| 11. | molecules that serve as the building blocks of proteins (two words) |
| 12. | a type of molecule that has a non-superposable mirror image, feature that appears in molecules that contain at least one asymmetric carbon atom (two words) |
| 15. | one of two stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other that are non-superposable (not identical) |
| 17. | the structure level dictated by the exact sequence of amino acids that comprise the whole molecule (two words) |
| 18. | the inactive form of a proteolytic enzyme |
| 19. | an autosomal recessive genetic blood disorder characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid shape (three words) |
| 20. | the shape of souble proteins (two words) |
| 21. | a neutral molecule with equal numbers of positive and negative electrical charges at different locations within that molecule |
| 23. | two amino acids linked together |
| 24. | one of the twenty DNA -encoded amino acids, which is the only secondary amine |
| 25. | a class of amino acids that prefer the contact with one another over the contact with water (hydrophobic molecules) |