Lecture 14: Protein Structure and Function

Question 1

what determines function of a protein

Answer 1

size and shape

Question 2

Haemoglobin function

Answer 2

transmits oxygen in the blood

Question 3

what enzymes do

Answer 3

protein that help speed up reactions

Question 4

Alpha-amylase function

Answer 4

present in saliva to break down starch into monomeric glucose

Question 5

what lines inner membrane of the mitochondria & Pilus Machinery are membrane bound

Answer 5

ATP synthase

Question 6

what 2 things help in transcriptions

Answer 6

DNA Helicase & RNA polymerase

Question 7

building blocks of proteins

Answer 7

amino acids

Question 8

function of Azimuth

Answer 8

making antibodies

Question 9

what does Aspartyl-tRNA synthetase do

Answer 9

the tRNA that brings the codons into the ribosomes doing translations

Question 10

what component of amino acids determine the amino acid properties which make them different + dictate shape at end

Answer 10

side chains

Question 11

what groups from an amino acid

Answer 11

amino (base) group
H group
carboxyl (acid) group
R-side chain

Question 12

what is central C atom groups are attached to called

Answer 12

ALPHA CARBON