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What is meant by tertiary structure of proteins ?

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The overall shape of a single protein molecule, the spatial relationship of the secondary structures to one-another. Tertiary structure is generally stabilized by non-local interactions, most commonly the formation of hydrophobic core, but also through salt bridges, hydrogen bonds, disulphide bonds The term tertiary protein is synonymous with the term fold.
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