Biological Molecules II Flashcards
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Biopolymers
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- 𝝰-amino acids, largest constituent of cells
- Chemical properties are determined by constituent amino acids
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Function of biomolecules
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- Direct DNA replication, RNA transcription and protein translation
- Catalyse the formation and transformation of various biomolecules
- Combined with polysaccharides, they signal various processes at cellular interfaces
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Amino acid
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- Amino group - Bonded to alpha carbon next to carbonyl group
- R group is the side chain diffrent properties and determined by 3D structure and folding
- Charged has pH 7.4
- All naturally occouring found s configuration and classified and L amino acid
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Cysteine
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- R configuration but it is always L amino acid
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All L amino acids
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- Classified by the properties of R group particularly the polarity
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Amino acids with hydrophobic R group
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- 3D structure of protiens side chains of amino acids cluster together mainly hydrophobic residue
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OH on Ser and thr
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- Can be phosphorylated regulating activity and attach to polysaccarides
- Attach to polysaccarides to form glycoprotiens
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Amino acid with charged chain
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- pKa close to neutral 50 % prortonatioated and physological pH
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Acid base properties of amino acids
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- High melting points over 2o0 degrees
- More soluable in water than in organic solvents
- Less acidic than most carboxylic acid and less basic than most amine, the acidic part NH3 and basic COO-
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Amphoteric
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- Has both acidic and basic NH3+ and basic COO- depends on the pH
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Peptide
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- Compound containing 2 or more amino acids linked by amide bonds
- Oligopeptides - few peptites together
- Name peptides from the the N-terminus
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OH on Trp and Tyr
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More polar compared to alanine due to hydrogen bond also side chain with water
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pKa value when ionised
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- pKa value increases when the there is an NH3+ charge
- Agr and Lysine are always positively charged pH 7.4
- Asp and Glu always negatively charged at pH 7.4
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Glycine
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- Smallest R group
- No contribution to hydrophobic effect in flexible area
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Proline
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- Cyclic secondary amine
- Ridgid conformation reduces flexibility of protien region
- Found at bends of protien region
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Cystine
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- The -SH group makes it polar
- 2 cystine residue reacts to form a disulphide bond which strengthens the protiens 3D structure - covalent but reversible
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Essential amino acids
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- Arg, Val, His, Met, Leu, Thr, Lys, Phe, Trp, Iso
- Hydroxylated versions of amino acids in collegen
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Tritration of curve for glycine using NaOH
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- Half of product is converted from cationic form to zwitterionic form
- Reaches isoelectic point halfway allong equivalence line - net charge is zero
- Then more pH increase causing zwitterion being converted to basic form
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R aspartic acid and glutamic acid
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- Acid isolectric points which is required to prevent the deprotonation of lateral carboxylic acid keeping amino acid neutral
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Basic amino acids
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- Arg Lys and His basic isoelectric points use basic solution to prevent protonation keeping it neutral
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Isoelectric point
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- pH at which the concentration of zwitterion is maximum and both cation and anion are equal
- pH = Pka1 + Pka2/2
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Synthesis of amino acid
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- Hydrolyse protein seperation of amino acid mixture
- Reductive amination adding excess NH3 to alpha-ketoacid
- Formation of imine COO-NH4+ then add H2 forms racemic amino acid
- Biological synthesis of amino acids - intermediate to the metabolism of carbohydrates add reducing agent forms pure L enantiomer
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Transmission and biosynthesis of amino acid
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- All of L-amino acids except lysine and thronine which participates in transmission reactions
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Amination of halo acid
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- Addition of bromine and water to carboxylic acid
- Add large excess of NH3 forms the amino acid
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Strecker synthesis
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- Addition of NH3 and HCN to alderhyde
- Catalysed by water to form amino nitrile then add H3O to form amino acid (Hydrolysis reaction)
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Esterification of carboxyl group
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- Amino acid (Non-interfereing) + alcohol = Amino ester (Protecting COOH) + water
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Peptide bond
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- Amines and acids condense with loss of H2O to form amides
- Acid +amines = salt add heat is amide
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Amide link
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- Dehydration between alpha caboxylic group with one amino acid and the amino acid of another
- Reversible reaction is thermodynamically unfavourable - Must be activated to good leaving group - Protein synthesis and translation
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Peptide
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- 2 or more amino acids linked by amide bond
- Oligopeptide - Few amino acids 4-10
- Polypeptide <5,000 amino acids
- Protien >5,000 amino acids
- N-terminus on left and C-terminus on right
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N-terminus suffix
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-yl suffix of acyl groups except the last arginine
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Disulphide linkage
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- Addition of 2 thiols making a disulphide bridge
- Formation of oxytocin and insulin
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Characteristics of peptides
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- 3D structure of peptides and protiens
- Ridgid and planar peptide partial double bond nature strict rotation
- 6 atoms held together ridgid in a plane
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Features of peptide bonds
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- Ridgid planes with consecutive plans that rotate around C which limits range of conformations available
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Why are peptides usually trans?
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- Due to conformational restrictions point towards the opposite sides
- Cis has greater steric hinderance
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L-proline structure
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- Proline residue protiens are in the cis configuration
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Protiens structure
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- Covalent bonded linear structure
- Hydrogen bonded local 3D arrangement into a helix or pleated sheet
- Complete 3D conformation
- Association of 2 or more peptide units forming a complex
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Secondary structure
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- Local spatial rearrangement of the backbone of protein segment doesn’t concider R group interaction
- Conformational constraints in peptide sequence local portions of peptide specific 3D arrangement
- Formation via the carbonyl interaction with hydrogen bonding to the amide
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Alpha helix link
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- Col-like structure which involves only one polypeptide chain
- Stablisation of the H bonding between the CO and the NH
- 4 amino acids towards the C-terminus
- R-group faces outwards from the backbone
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Helical wheel
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- Alpha helix where 1 and 4 form a salt bridge stablising the helix
- Right handed or left handed most stable left
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Beta pleated sheet
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- Polypeptide extended zig-zag structure
- Multiple B strands side by side forming a Beta pleated sheet
- R groups protrude from the opposite directions of 2 ridgid planes hreld together by hydrogen bonds
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Antiparallel beta sheet
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- Adjacent beta strands have opposing amino to carboxyl groups where hydrogen bonding occours
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Parallel
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- Adjacent beta strands have the same amino to carbonyl orientation H bonds are not in-line
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Secondary structure loops and turns
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- Polypeptide reverses indirection Beta turns which connects two adjacent segments in antiparallel beta sheets
- 4 amino acid residue stablised by bonds requiring presance of proline - cis structural tension
- Glycine - trans which has rotational freedom
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Tertiary structure
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- 3D structure of polypeptide including secondary elements interactions between regions
- Weak interactions hydrogen bonding and wander waals forces
- Hydrophobic effect clustering in protiens interior stablised by disulphide bonds
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Quaternary structure
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- Contains more than 1 polypeptide 2 forms a dimer, 3 is trimer and 4 is tetramer
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Oligomer
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- Protien suunit held together my non-covalent interactions
- Heamoglobin - heterotetramer
