Question 59

(Multiple Choice)

Normal hemoglobin is a tetramer,consisting of two molecules of β hemoglobin and two molecules of α hemoglobin.In sickle-cell disease,as a result of a single amino acid change,the mutant hemoglobin tetramers associate with each other and assemble into large fibres.Based on this information alone,we can conclude that sickle-cell hemoglobin exhibits


A)altered primary structure.
B)altered secondary structure.
C)altered tertiary structure.
D)altered quaternary structure.
E)altered primary structure and altered quaternary structure; the secondary and tertiary structures may or may not be altered.

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