Quaternary structure

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The quaternary structure of a protein refers to the arrangement of cross-linked proteins (several polypeptide chains inter-linked). The structure is held together by hydrogen bonds, disulphide bonds, ionic bonds and hydrophobic interactions.[1]


  1. ↑ Biology 1 for OCR, Mary Jones, Cambridge University Press (2008)
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