Define the tertiary structure of a protein

Define the tertiary structure of a protein? Explain the main kinds of tertiary structure?

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The tertiary protein structure is a spatial conformation added to the secondary structure in which the alpha-helix or beta-sheet folds itself up.

The forces which keep the tertiary structure usually are interactions among the -R groups of the amino acids and among other portions of the protein and water molecules of solution.

The main kinds of tertiary structure of proteins are fibrous proteins and the globular proteins.

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