Match the key terms with the descriptions

Chapter 17, Problem 2QP

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Match the key terms with the descriptions provided.(a) the way in which the various regions of secondary structure in a protein are arranged into a three-dimensional shape(b) one of a class of biomolecules that carries genetic information and regulates the growth of proteins(c) an organic molecule containing an amine group and a carboxylic acid group(d) the form of RNA that takes the genetic code from DNA and carries it to the ribosomes(e) one of a class of organic polymers making up most body tissue; characterized by the presence of peptide bonds and formed by the polymerization of amino acids(f) the structure that results from the association of two or more polypeptide chains in a protein(g) a series of three bases in a nucleic acid that defines the amino acid to be used in the synthesis of a protein(h) the secondary structure adopted by many proteins, in which the protein chain is twisted into a helix(i) the secondary structure adopted by some proteins in which the protein chains are lined up beside one another in the form of a sheet(j) a chemical reaction in which the addition of water to a compound breaks it down into simpler compounds, one containing –H and the other –OH(k) the linkage that forms between the carboxylic acid functional group of one amino acid and the amine functional group of another amino acid(l) the process of synthesizing various types of RNA molecules in the nucleus using a DNA molecule as a template