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1
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What are 2 causes of a variation of proteins encoded by a single gene?

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  • Alternative splicing
  • Post-translational modifications
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Approximately how many amino acids form a polypeptide?

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40 - 5 000

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What is the approximate range of relative molecular mass of a polypeptide?

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4 000 - 580 000

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What is relative molecular mass?

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The ratio of the sum of atomic masses within a molecule to the 1/12 the mass of a carbon-12 atom.

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Name 10 major groups of proteins.

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  • Enzymes
  • Structural proteins
  • Adhesion proteins
  • Signalling proteins
  • Receptor proteins
  • Transport proteins
  • Motor proteins
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Storage proteins
  • Gene regulatory proteins
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What is the function of adhesion proteins?

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To mediate the cell-cell or cell-extracellular matrix contact.

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What is the function of signalling proteins?

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To faciliate inter- and intracellular communication through being recognised by the relevant receptor molecules.

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What is the function of receptor proteins?

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To recognise specific signalling molecules in the extracellular or intracellular environment in order to faciliate communication.

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Name two types of receptor proteins?

Not specific names, just types.

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  • Cell surface receptors
  • Intracellular receptors
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What is the function of transport proteins?

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To facilitate transport of substances within, to, and from the cell. E.g., membrane transport proteins

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What is the function of motor proteins?

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Moving vesicles along mictrotubules to their destination to be released. Faciliates movement.

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What is the function of Immunoglobulins?

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Also known as antibodies, they recognise specific antigens on the surface of infected cells or foreign bacteria.

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What is the function of storage proteins?

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To bind to and store nutrients.

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What is the function of gene regulatory proteins?

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Bind to DNA to regulate gene expression.

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What type of protein is ferritin?

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Storage protein - specifically iron.

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Give one example of a gene regulatory protein.

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Lac repressor.

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17
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What are ligands?

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An ion or molecule that binds to a specific associated protein at its binding site.

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18
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What is ‘Primary structure’?

In proteins

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The amino acid sequence

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What is a proteins secondary structure?

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The stable three-dimensional arrangements stretches of a polypeptide makes. (alpha helices and beta sheets)

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What is a proteins tertiary structure?

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The arrangement of a proteins secondary structures.

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What is a proteins Quarternary structure?

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The arrangement of subunits of a multimeric protein.

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What is the difference between a homomeric protein and a heteromeric protein?

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A homomeric protein contains identical subunits.
A heteromeric protein contains different subunits.

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If a protein is formed of 4 subunits that are all the same, how could you describe it?

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Homotetrameric

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What is a cytokine?

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A type of signalling protein

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25
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What is a cofactor?

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A non-protein group that is associated with a protein. Essential for the proteins function.

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Give one example of a cofactor.

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Haem in haemoglobin

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27
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If a protein is formed of only one polypeptide chain, how can it be described?

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Monomeric

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What is a protein domain?

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Dictinct units within a protein that have particular function.

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29
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What are disulfide bridges?

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Covalent bonds between two cysteine residues.

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What is the function of disulfide bridges in a protein?

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Stabilises the arrangement of the protein by holding sections together - within a subunit or between subunits.

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Are alpha helices right handed or left handed?

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Right handed

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32
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What are protein folds/motifs?

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Extensive arrangements of a proteins secondary structures.

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33
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What is a β barrel?

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A protein fold/motif in which β sheets wrap around to form a barrel-shaped structure where the inner surface is often hydrophobic.

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34
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What can a β barrel be used for?

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To carry molecules.

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35
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What is a rossman fold/dinucleotide binding fold?

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α helices arranged alternately on either side of β sheet

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36
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What are the repeating atoms in a polypeptide backbone?

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N, C, C with O

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37
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What is the proper term for the central carbon atom within an amino acid?

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α-carbon/ Cα

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38
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In an amino acid what is attached to the α-carbon?

Not including the carboxyl and amino group

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A hydogren and the side chain of the amino acid/

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39
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What is on either end of a polypeptide?

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Amino group (-NH2) / N-terminus
Carboxyl group (-COOH) / C-terminus

40
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What is the convention when numbering amino acids in a polypeptide?

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Start counting from N-terminus.

41
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When would a protein go through conformational change?

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When interacting with specific molecules or going through modificiation.

42
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In translation, what occurs to EF-Tu, it’s attached GTP, and it’s attached tRNA when the EF-Tu binds to a ribosome?

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The EF-Tu undergoes conformation chainge, hydrolyses the GTP to GDP causing the release of the tRNA, and EF-Tu to dissociate from the ribosome.

43
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At cytolsolic 7.2 pH what occurs to the amino and carboxyl groups of an amino acid?

Name the overall process and then describe the process of each group.

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They are ionised.
- The carboxyl group loses a proton and becomes negatively charged.
- The amino group gains a proton and becomes positively charged.

44
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What type of reaction occurs in the formation of C-N peptide bonds between amino acids?

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Condensation reaction

Water molecule is produced

45
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What is a CO-NH group also known as?

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A peptide group.

Formed through peptide bonding between amino acids.

46
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What are the four chemically distinct groups amino acid side chains can be sorted into?

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  • Negatively charged (acidic)
  • Positively charged (basic)
  • Uncharged polar (no net charge but charge distributed unevenly in the side chain)
  • Non-polar (charge is distributed evenly in the side chain)
47
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What are the levels of protein heirarchy?

Give brief descriptions

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  • Primary | Amino acid sequence
  • Secondary | Basic stable structures (alpha helix, beta pleated plates etc.)
  • Tertiary | Three-dimernsional arrangements of secondary structures
  • Quaternary | Closely associated polypeptide chains forming mutlimeric proteins
48
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Why is the rotation of the polypeptide backbone limited?

Name the process that limits it and give brief outline of what this is.

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Steric interference | Repulsive forces between atoms due to the space occupied by their electron clouds.

49
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What would be required to overcome steric inteference?

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Energy input

50
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Name the two most common secondary structures in proteins.

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  • α helices
  • β pleated sheets
51
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Describe α helices

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  • Common secondary structures of proteins
  • Right handed helical conformation
  • Hydrogen bonds between N-H of one peptide group and C=O of fourth peptide group along
  • R-chains point outwards
52
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Desribe β pleated sheets

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  • Hydrogen bonding between adjacent strands
  • Can run parallel or anti-parallel to one another
53
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What bonds are involved in the formation of a proteins secondary structures?

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Hydrogen bonding

54
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In globular proteins what are the distinct regions of secondary structures linked by?

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Random coils

55
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What are the steps involved in X-ray crystallography?

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  1. Protein is crystallised
  2. Protein crystal irradiated with beam of X-rays
  3. X-rays scattered by diffraction (more electrons = more scattering)
  4. Analysis of x-ray diffraction pattern
  5. Formation of electron density map
  6. Molecular model formation
56
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What is a protein domain?

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A distinct sub-structure composed of secondary structures. They are often linked by a flexible hunge, and have distinct functions that contribute to the overall protein function.

57
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If a globular protein is within an aqueous environment, how would charged groups within the hydrophobic core stabilise themselves?

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Through ionic interaction with oppositely charged groups.

58
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What non-covalent and covalent bonds are involved in stabilising teritary structure?

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Non-Covalent
- Hydrogen bonds
- Hydrophobic interactions
- Ionic bonds

Covalent
- Disulfide bonds/bridges

59
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What are disulfide bridges?

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A covalent bond between 2 sulfur atoms within cysteine side chains.

60
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In what circumstance would polypeptide residues tolerate unfavourable conditions?

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If the overall stability of the polypeptide is improved.

61
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What are cofactors?

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Non-protein molecules that associate with proteins and are essential for their function.

62
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In terms of quaternary structure of a protein, what is the difference between homomeric and heteromeric proteins?

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Homomeric proteins are formed of identical subunits.

Hetermomeric proteins have non-identical subunits.

63
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In multimeric proteins, what types of proteins are often found to contain covalent disulfide bonds?

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Secreted and extracellular proteins.

64
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Non-covalent interactions between surfaces of subunits drive what protein heirarchal structure?

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Quaternary

65
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What is the function of a chaperone protein?

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To help large, or multiple domain contaning proteins to fold into the correct conformation by:
- Preventing innaportpriate interactions by aggreagrating between the protein and other molecules, or between the protein molecules themselves.
- Recover and refold misfolded proteins

66
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What is the name of the the type of enzymez that breaks down polypeptides?

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Proteases

67
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How is a polypeptide prepared for its breakdown?

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The covalent attachment of ubiquitin (protein)

68
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What are proteases?

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Proteolytic enzymes that break down proteins by catalysing the cleavage of peptide bonds.

69
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Name two reasons proteases would break down a protein within a cell.

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  • If the protein is no longer needed by the cell.
  • If the protein has been misfolded.
70
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What is the danger of misfolded proteins? What do they do and why do they do this?

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They tend to aggregate together to form more stabile formations.

71
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Where may misfolded proteins have less chance of being broken down?

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Outside of the cell.

72
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Which proteins are fully functional upon release from the ribsosome and subsequent folding has occured?

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Proteins that function within the cytosol.

73
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What type of eukaryotic proteins require post-translational modification?

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  • Those synthesised in the RER
  • Proteins to be secreted
  • Those to be incorporated into the lumen
74
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For eukaryotic proteins, where does post translational modifications occur?

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The lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum.

75
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Are covalent post-translational modifications of proteins reversible or irreversible?

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Irreversible.

76
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Name two covalent post-translational modifications of proteins and describe the mechanism. What are each of the products of these mechanisms used for?

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  • Protein glycosylation | The formation of a glycoprotein by the attachment of short sugar chains through reaction with, either the -NH2 group of the protein or the -OH group of an amino acid side chain. Glycoproteins are incorporated into cell membranes for cell communication, or secreted out of the cell to be used elsewhere.
  • Protein lipidation | Lipid groups being covalently attached to the protein to form a lipid-linked protein. The lipid part anchors the protein into membranes, with the properties of the attached lipid determining which sheet of the membrane the protein will be located.
77
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What are zymogens?

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Proteins that are secreted in an inactive form.

78
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What type of reaction occurs to zymogens, and to what bonds does it occur, for them to become active?

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Hydrolysis of specific peptide bonds (proteolytic cleavage)

79
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Why may some proteins secreted from the cell in an inactive form?

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To prevent damage or interaction within the cell.

80
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What is chromatography?

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A process of separating constituent parts of a mixture (mobile phase) depending on how quickly they travel through a column containg the stationary phase material.

81
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Name three types of chromatrography and what each is based on.

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  • Ion exchange chromatography | relative charge
  • Hydrophobic interaction chromatography | relative hydrophobicity
  • Gel filtration/size exclusion chromatography | relative size
82
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What are enzymes?

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Proteins that act as biological catalysts.

83
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What are some common protein-binding ligands?

4 are listed

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  • cofactors
  • small organic or inorganic molecules
  • ions
  • macromolecules
84
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What type of interactions facilitate protein-ligand interactions?

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Non-covalent

85
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What must be compatible for a protein-ligand interaction?

A

Their chemical and physical properties.

86
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What is site-directed mutagenesis (SDM)?

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A technique used to study protein function and demonstrate the relationshio between a proteins structure and function.
Uses recombiant DNA texhniques to slectively replace the of interest residue with a critically different amino acid, allowing assessment of the importance of the initial amino acid by comparison of the mutated protein and the wild type protein.

87
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What are conserved domains?

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Areas of homologous amino acid sequences within proteins found across species that have been conserved through evolution.

88
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What do homologous proteins share?

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A common ancestor.

89
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Why can enzymes be reused?

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They are unaltered by reactions.

90
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What is the lock and key hypothesis?

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The idea that the specificity of the substrate and the active site of the enzyme act in a lock and key manner. (they dont really)

91
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Why may an enzyme catalysed reaction not be reversible?

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If the product do not bind as easily to the enzyme as the substrate once did.

92
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What mayd ifferent enzymes show different levels of specificity for?

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  • The substrate
  • The types of reactions
93
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What must be overcome for a chemical reaction to occur?

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An energy barrier.

94
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What is an enzymes catalytic power?

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The measure of its ability to speed up a reaction.

95
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How do enzymes catalyse chemical reactions in terms of energy?

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Enzymes offer an alternative pathway with less required energy to be expended in order to reach the transition state / they decrease the energy barrier.

96
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In a chemical reaction between two reactants, what is the transition state?

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The unstable intermediate.

97
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What can influence the rate of enzyme-catalysed reactions occuring in a cell?

4 listed

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  • Temperature
  • pH
  • presence of cofactors
  • presence of inhibitors

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