Know me slide 5 Flashcards
(Greek) Proteios
“first” or “primary”
Proteins account for more than half the dry mass of
most cells.
Proteins have critical and diverse roles throughout
the bodies of all organisms
A catalyst
is a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without affecting the products of the reaction and without itself being altered or consumed by the reaction.
enzymes.
The catalysts in living
organisms are proteins called
enzymes.
Enzymes are typically very large molecules that
bring
together or break apart substrates (the molecules upon
which a chemical reaction occurs).
1 Substrates enter active site; enzyme changes shape such that its active site enfolds the substrates (induced fit). 2 Substrates held in active site by weak interactions, such as hydrogen bonds, and ionic bonds. 3 Active site can lower the energy needed to start a reaction.
4 Substrates are converted to products 5 Products are released. 6 Active site is available for two new substrate molecules
Amino acids
are the
monomer building blocks of
proteins.
Polypeptides
are polymers
of amino acids
A protein consists
of one or
more polypeptides.
There are 20
different amino
acid monomers
from which
polypeptides are
assembled.
Amino Acid Monomers
Differ in their properties
due to differing side
chains, called R-groups
Amino acids are linked
by
peptide bonds
Peptide bonds are
formed
through
dehydration reactions
A protein’s specific
conformation
(or 3D
shape) determines its
function
4 Levels in Protein Structure
- Primary Structure
- Secondary Structure
- Tertiary Structure
- Quaternary Structure
Primary Structure
• The linked series of amino acids with a unique sequence
• The 20 amino acids can be assembled in 20^127 sequences
(for the polypeptide of 127 amino acids shown above).
• Primary structure dictates structure at higher levels
Secondary Structure
Hydrogen bonds between amino acids of a single
polypeptide (α helix) or amino acids of adjacent polypeptides
(β sheet) bring about secondary structure
Tertiary Structure
Results from interactions between the side chains (R-groups) of amino acids Involves a variety of bonds: disulfide bridges, hydrogen bonds, van der Waals interactions, ionic bonds
Quaternary Structure
• The overall structures of
proteins that are comprised
of more than one
polypeptide subunits
Hemoglobin is the ironcontaining
oxygen transport
protein in the blood of
mammals and other animals.
It consists of four polypeptide
chains, each of which has a
heme group
