Proteins Flashcards
ER
Endoplasmic Reticulum
CF
Cystic Fibrosis
THE
Theodore H E Svedberg
RF1
Release Factor 1
RF2
Release Factor 2
UPR
Unfolded Protein Response
CJD
Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease
BSE
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
PrP
Prion protein
Opal
The name for the UGA stop codon
Free
Referring to free ribosomes
EGCg
epigallocatechin-gallate
KDEL
KDEL C terminus signal
beta
B- pleated sheet
mer
more than 20 polypeptides interacting w one another
CASP
Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction
SUMO
Small ubiquitin-like modifier. Very small proteins.
Lyse
to disrupt a protein sample
GFAP
glial fibrillary acidic protein
NCBI
national centre for biotechnology information
Amber
name for the stop codon UAG
Mummy
think of tetracycline. Mummification allows bones to be conserved. People from this time drank a lot of beer, which contained tetracycline, and therefore there was staining in their bones.
alpha
A-helix
dimer
two identical polypeptides interacting w one another
Edman
Pehr Edman (edman degredation)
Nylon
the common material for the membrane that sandwiches the gel in immunoblotting
Histo
Latin word for tissue
ELISA
enzyme linked immunosorbent array
BLAST
basic local alignment search tool
Prion
Protein infection
A helix
a common type of secondary folding. Looks like a coil
Sanger
Frederick Sanger
Ladder
a standard mix of proteins of known size / mass that allows unknown protein size to be determined
Immuno
Medicine
Kinesin
The running protein’ Moves vesicles to the cell membrane. A motor protein
Peptide
linkage between carboxyl group of one AA and amine group of another AA
Natural
Another word for Proteinogenic AA
Unusual
Referring to AA. Expansion of the genetic code (selenocysteine + pyrrolysine)
complex
interactions between multiple polypeptides in quaternary structure
Anfisen
Christian Anfisen. Theorised that AA sequence should fully determine tertiary structure
Cistern
A fold in the Golgi
Sulston
John Sulston. Won Nobel prize in 2002 for research on apoptosis
Primary antibodies
Bind directly to the antigen (protein) in the sample.
Scrapie
PrP disease in sheep
Hormones
chemical molecules that act like messaging molecules in the body, usually through the blood
Catechin
helps protect cells from damage from free radicals
Topology
the structure of protein.
N end rule
the identity of the N terminal amino acid determines the longevity of the polypeptide
cleavage
post-translational modification of proteins (insulin is cleaved twice)
Southern
Edwin Southern. the person the Southern blot was named after
Reporter Antibodies
antibodies that attach to primary antibodies (usually) that have some sort of fluorescent property or become involved in chemical reactions that make the location of the protein visible.
Cytokines
Small proteins that are crucial in controlling the growth and activity of other immune system cells and blood cells
Amino Acid
central carbon w a carboxyl group + amine group + variable R group
Analogous
comparable in certain aspects
Truncated
Shortened in duration or extent
Apoptosis
The process of the cell killing itself. The process of programmed cell death
C terminus
carboxyl end of the peptide
N terminus
amine end of peptide
Lysosomes
vesicles used in digesting waste products and then excreting out of the cell
Aggregate
a whole formed by combining several. Often used to describe proteins
Centrifuge
A device used for centrifugation