Chp 3 & 7—Proteins & Enzymes Flashcards
selenocysteine
pyrrolysine
draw a disulfide bond
competitive inhibition
noncompetitive inhibition
uncompetitive inhibition
only AA without a steric center
glycine
absolute AA configuration rules
R/S designation
R clockwise, S counterclockwise
S > O > N > C > H
relative AA configuration rules
D/L designation
D clockwise, L counterclockwise
COOH > R > N (corn)
most of nature uses ____ AAs
L
AA configuration fischer projections
H may be on top or bottom and it can be read normally
if H is on the side, flip the configuration
zwitterion
two ionizable groups with a 0 net charge
—- AAs have a 3rd ionizable group on the R chain
AAs?
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REDCHKY
arginine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, cysteine, histidine, lysine, tyrosine
AAs being amphoteric allows them to act as ——
buffers
isoelectic point (pI)
pH at which the zwitterion molecule exists
how to find pI
take average of pKa values “flanking” the 0 charge on the molecule
AA charge before pKa1
positive
COOH is present, not COO-
AA charge after pKa associated with N’
deprotonates to H2N
charge decreases
selenocysteine used in…
all organisms, though rarely
pyrrolysine used in…
archaea
phosphorylation
PTM
adds a phosphate to serine, threonine, or tyrosine
glycosylation
PTM
attaches a sugar, usually to an N or O, in an AA side chain
ubiquitination
PTM
adds ubiquitin to lysine of a target protein for degradation
SUMOylation
PTM
adds a small protein SUMO to a target protein
(similar to ubiqutin)
disulfide bond
PTM
covalently links the S atoms of 2 cysteine residues
acetylation
PTM
adds an acetyl group to N’ of a protein, or to lysine
lipidation
PTM
attaches a lipid to a protein
methylation
PTM
adds methyl group, usually at lysine or arginine
why is gene:protein complexity not 1:1?
folding
PTMs
how to draw peptide chains
H3N+ — wedge R — down carbonyl — N — dash R — up carbonyl — o-
draw peptides from —- to —
N’ to C’
nature of peptide bond
resonance gives double bond character (40%) which restricts rotation - planar
bonds flanking peptide bond
psi bond: C – C
phi bond: N – C
rotation of phi and psi bonds
allowed by limited by sterics
favored conformers given by Ramachandran plot
how to find possible proteins from # of AAs
20^#AAs = possible proteins
define 2° structure
series of conformations adopted by polypeptide strands
primarily alpha helices and beta sheets
helix promoter
alanine
helix breaker
proline
arrangement of B-sheets
parallel or antiparallel
motifs
supersecondary structures
unstable and cannot be isolated
examples of motifs (4)
B-turn/hairpin turn
Greek key
B barrel
B-a-B loop
define 3° structure
3D configuration of all 2° structures
globular proteins vs fibrous proteins
globular: spherical, soluble, diverse, domains & motifs
fibrous: 2° level, structural, insoluble
domains
large, stable functional regions of a globular protein
examples of domains
core/interior
exterior
core/interior residue characteristics
examples (5)
nonpolar
valine, leucine, isoleucine, methionine, phenylalanine
exterior residue characteristics
examples (5)
charged, polar
arginine, histidine, lysine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid
residues that can be in interior or exterior
examples (6)
uncharged polar (neutralized by H bonds in core)
serione, threonine, asparagine, glutamine, tyrosine, tryptophan
define 4° structure
association of 2+ 3° structures to form a multisubunit protein