Exam 2 Flashcards
What structures make up an amino acid?
Amino group, central C atom bonded to H, carboxyl group, R group
What structure of the amino acid is unique to each amino acid?
R group
How are products formed from enzymes and substrates?
Enzymes bind with substrates at the active site. The enzyme changes shape during the process, producing the products that leave the active site.
What are the 4 levels of protein structure?
Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
How are the 4 protein structure levels connected conceptually?
(1) An amino acid sequence, (2) that is folded in a beta-pleated sheet, (3) forming a complex 3D shape, (4) along with other 3D shapes to create the final protein
What are the two inhibition types?
Allosteric and competitive
Why does allosteric inhibition not allow a substrate to bind?
A regulatory molecule binds to a place on the enzyme that is not the active site, changing the shape of the enzyme and not allowing the substrate to bind.
Why does competitive inhibition not allow a substrate to bind?
A regulatory molecule directly blocks the active site.
How can allosteric and competitive inhibition be reversed? What will differ between the inhibitions in terms of reversing?
By increasing substrate competition. Competitive reversal can restore enzyme activity to 100%, but allosteric reversal will simply increase (as long as regulatory molecule is still present)
Allosteric/competitive inhibition and adding a phosphate group are examples of _______ inhibition because it ______ affect the enzyme’s primary structure. However cutting the peptide bond between the AAs is an example of _______ inhibition because it _______ affect the enzyme’s primary structure.
Reversible, doesn’t, irreversible, does
Use these terms in a connected sentence: metabolic pathway, steps, specific molecule, chemical reaction, final product
In a metabolic pathway, a specific molecule is altered in a series of steps (each being a chemical reaction) that results in a final product.
The ______ structures of all proteins are manufactured by ________.
Primary, ribosomes
How are AA chains/proteins sorted?
By signal sequences and chemical labels.
Why are AA chains/proteins sorted?
They all do different jobs in different locations, and as such must be sorted so they end up in the correct location.
What is a signal sequence and chemical label made of?
SS - first or last few amino acids in a chain
CL - chemical group added to protein after its finished being made
What organelles are part of the endomembrane system?
Rough endoplasmic reticulum, vesicles, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes
What is the function of the endomembrane system?
Folding, specializing, packaging, transporting, and receiving of proteins
What must all proteins possess in order to go through the endomembrane system?
ER signal
Where will proteins that have an ER signal sequence function?
Endomembrane system or cell membrane
What is the process of a protein in the endomembrane system?
Ribosome manufactures protein, ER signal is made, ER signal binds to signal recognition particle (SRP) pausing translation, SRP binds to RER receptor, AA chain threaded through receptor into RER, SRP detaches/ribosome completes primary structure/AA chain released
Where do proteins receive chemical labels in the endomembrane system?
In the Golgi apparatus
What happens to proteins (in GA) with chemical labels? Without?
With: bud off in vesicles (some may develop into lysosomes)
Without: travel to cell membrane
How do prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells differ in these contexts: making up organisms, organelles, nucleus, mitochondria, DNA presentation, size, intercellular connections
P vs. E: unicellular vs multicellular organisms, non-membrane bound vs membrane bound organelles and nucleus, absence vs presence of mitochondria/chloroplasts, circular single chromosomal DNA vs linear multiple chromosomal DNA, small vs big, flagella/fimbriae vs desmosomes/plasmodesmata
What is the theory of symbiosis?
A bacteria cell entered an archaea cell, evolving into a mitochondria and chloroplast
What is the observational evidence supporting the theory that bacteria evolved into mitochondria/chloroplasts?
Both reproduce by pinching in half, have own circular DNA separate from nuclear DNA, DNA replicates during their reproduction, genomes resemble bacterial genome, proteins within mitochondria are often made by smaller ribosomes within them (opposed to larger ribosomes in the cell)