MB PRELIM LEC 4: PROTEINS Flashcards
- Products of transcription & translation of nucleic acids
- Polymers of amino acids
- Manifest the phenotype directed by the nucleic acids
PROTEINS
AMINO ACIDS STRUCTURE
a. Carboxyl group (COO-)
b. Amino group (NH2 group bonded to C atom)
c. R (radical) group/side chains
d. Central C atom
amino acids become
completely +/- charged at certain pH
levels
pK values
pH where amino acids are
neutral
pI values
covalent C-N bonds that
connect amino acids in proteins
Peptide bonds
polymer of few amino acids
Peptide
Sequence of amino acids in proteins
which determines the nature & activity
of that protein
PRIMARY STRUCTURE
Local interactions between amino acid side chains
Ordered beta/ beta pleated sheets and less-ordered alpha helices, or random coils
SECONDARY STRUCTURE
Further folding secondary structures of
proteins
TERTIARY STRUCTURE
Protein structure consisting of more than one polypeptide
QUATERNARY STRUCTURE
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS BASED ON COMPOSITION
- Only amino acids
EX: Albumins, globulins, histones
SIMPLE PROTEINS
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS BASED ON COMPOSITION
- Proteins and nonprotein component
(prosthetic group)
EX: Lipoprotein (Low density lipoproteins), glycoproteins (mucin), metalloproteins (ferritin & hemoglobin)
CONJUGATED PROTEINS
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS BASED ON COMPOSITION
- Simple (conjugated proteins having been partially hydrolyzed by acids,
enzymes or alkalis
EX: Proteases, fibrin
DERIVED PROTEINS
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS BASED ON STRUCTURE
- Spherical
- Enzyme, messengers, transporters, regulators, & sometimes structural
EX: Hemoglobin
GLOBULAR PROTEINS
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS BASED ON STRUCTURE
- Sheet-like filamentous
- Protection, structural role
EX: Collagen
FIBROUS PROTEINS
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS BASED ON STRUCTURE
- Intermediate to fibrous to globular
- Blood clotting
EX: Fibrinogen
INTERMEDIATE PROTEINS
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS BASED ON FUNCTIONS
- Act as catalysts
EX: Nucleases
ENZYMES