General Flashcards
Example of an amphiphilic molecule
Fatty acid
Water has a small, finite tendency to form
Ions
Water dissociation under neutral conditions
Little tendency
Acids accept or donate protons
Acids > donate
Bases accept or donate protons
Bases < accept
Hemoglobin is a what type of protein
Allosteric (tetramer)
Hemoglobin affinity for O2 depends on what two factors
CO2 and pH
Hemoglobin is an allosteric protein regulated by what
Organic phosphates
Definition of cooperative binding
Once bound, it will become easier to bind
At a lower pH, hemoglobin binds higher or lower affinity
Low pH = low affinity (Bohr effect)
What molecule keeps hemoglobin in tense state
2,3, bisphosphoglycerate (BPG)
Glycolysis intermediate
BPG
Disease that results from glutamate (polar) being replaced by valine (non-polar) at the 6th position
Sickle cell anemia
Hemoglobin is bound to oxygen is considered what state
R-state
Myoglobin has what type of structure
Tertiary
Hemoglobin has what type of structure
Quaternary
Myoglobin has a higher or lower affinity compared to hemoglobin
Higher affinity, lower Kd
Hemoglobin has a higher or lower affinity than myoglobin
Lower affinity, higher Kd
R-state (affinity)
High to low
T-state (affinity)
Low to high
diseases characterized by partial or complete absence of one of the polypeptide either alpha or beta chain due to deletion mutations (hemoglobulin made of 2 alpha and 2 beta)
Thalassemia
Amino acids required for heme synthesis
Glycine
Histidine
Isoleucine
Valine
Succinyl CoA + glycine begin synthesis of
Hemoglobin
Amino acids necessary for synthesis of succinyl CoA
Methionine
Threonine
Isoleucine
Valine