Ch. 4 Protein Structure Flashcards

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What is protein primary structure?

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The sequence of amino acids.

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How are amino acids grouped?

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Amino acids are grouped by chemical properties.

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What are nonpolar amino acids involved in?

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Nonpolar amino acids are involved in hydrophobic interactions.

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What are polar and charged amino acids involved in?

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Polar and charged amino acids are involved in forming hydrogen and ionic bonds.

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How are amino acids linked?

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peptide bonds

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What do the C-C-N-C peptide bonds of the backbone lead to?

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These connections lead to these atoms and bonds being on the same plane (trans isomer) instead of being on different planes (cis isomer).

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What does the trans orientation and size of R groups lead to?

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They generally restrict bond rotation and can affect polypeptide conformations because larger R groups have more steric hinderance.

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How do primary structure and evolution connect?

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Amino acids important for protein function will be conserved over time, but those that are less important can change.

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How can ancestry be determined by primary structure?

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By comparing protein sequences to each other, a relative ancestry can be determined based on the number of amino acid changes in common proteins.

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Why is the analysis of protein primary structure for evolution more reliable than analysis of DNA?

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Proteins have 20 amino acids while DNA has 4 nucleotides.

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What is protein secondary structure?

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The common formations of polypeptides that mostly result from H-bonds in the backbone. ⍺ helices and β sheets.

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Is the portion of a polypeptide that forms helices and sheets constant among all polypeptides?

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No. The portion of a polypeptide that forms helices and sheets varies between peptides. Some only have helices, some only have sheets, and some have a mixture.

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What is a loop/turn?

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The portion of a polypeptide NOT involve in a helix or sheet conformation.

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What is protein tertiary structure?

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The 3D structure of a polypeptide including ALL secondary structures.

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What is protein quaternary structure?

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The structure achieved when multiple polypeptides interact.

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What is supersecondary structure?

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Complex combinations of secondary structures; “2.5 structure”.

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What are a few examples of supersecondary structure?

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helix-turn-helix
beta barrel (aquaporins)
coiled-coil motif

18
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What are the categories of quaternary structure (4)?

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There are simple and complex quaternary structures.
Homooligomers are two+ identical subunits.
Heterooligomers are two+ non-identical subunits.

19
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What are intrinsically unstructured proteins?

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Polypeptides that don’t have tertiary structure; lots of structural flexibility of one gene product (one gene, multiple functions).

20
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What are intrinsically unstructured proteins capable of doing?

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They can bind several sites and patterns, and they can be used in different pathways.

21
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What are the two models for protein folding?

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The Hierarchal Model and the Molten Globule Model.

22
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Is it one or the other when it comes to protein folding models?

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No. Both can occur for a single protein.

23
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What is the hierarchal model?

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Regions of secondary structure form first, followed by interactions between secondary structures unitl the entire peptide is folded.

24
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What is the molten globule model?

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Hydrophobic residues group together and achieve a partially ordered state while H-bonds form between polar residues until a native shape is achieved.

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Can we determine protein strucures?
Yes, but it's a biochemistry problem. There are various techniques to do so.
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How is it that some fully denatured proteins can renature and reactivate?
Due to the protein's intramolecular interactions.
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What does computational biology allow you to do with proteins?
Computational biology can predict protein folding based on analysis of peptide sequence.
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What are chaperone proteins?
They assist in the folding of some proteins.
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How specialized are chaperone proteins?
Some only fold one protein while others help fold entire protein classes.
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What are HSPs?
Heat shock proteins are chaperone proteins that help maintain proper folding during heat stress.
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What are chaperonins?
Chaperone proteins that aid in the normal folding of many proteins.
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What are protein isomerases?
Enzymes that catalyze the isomerization reactions necessary for proper folding.
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How are proteins studied (5)?
- protein purification (chromatography and electrophoresis) - peptide sequence can be identified with mass spec - protein structure can be studied using X-ray crystallography - protein structure can be studied using NMR - many other methods...