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(a) A protein is found to be a tetramer of identical subunits. Name two symmetries possibl...

(a) A protein is found to be a tetramer of identical subunits. Name two symmetries possible for such a molecule. What kinds of interactions (isologous or heterologous) would stabilize each?

(b) Suppose a tetramer, like hemoglobin, consists of two each of two types of chains, α and β. What is the highest symmetry now possible?

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