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1
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The only amino acids with secondary a-amino group

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Proline

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Amino acid without stereocenter (not chiral)

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Glycine

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Two amino acids with two stereocenters

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Isoleucine and threonine

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Proposed that proteins are long chains of amino acids joined by amide bonds

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Emil Fischer (1902)

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A short polymer of amino acids joined by peptide bond; they are classified by the number of amino acids in the chain

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Peptide

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A molecule containing two amino acids joined by peptide bonds

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Dipeptide

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A molecule containing three amino acids joined by peptide bonds

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Tripeptide

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A macromolecule containing many amino acids joined by peptide bonds

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Polypeptide

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A biological macromolecule containing at least 30 to 50 amino acids joined by peptide bonds

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Protein

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Individual amino acid units

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Residues

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Discovered that there is about 40% double-bonded character to the C-N bond and that a peptide bond between two amino acids is planar

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Linus Pauling

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Pauling explained the double-bonded character to the C-N bond through the concept of _____

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Resonance

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The amino acid at the end of the chain having the free -COO- group

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C-terminus

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The amino acid at the end of the chain having the free -NH3+ group

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N-terminus

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How do you read the amino acids?

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Left-right (N-terminus to C-terminus)

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The sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain

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Primary structure

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17
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Conformations of amino acids in localized regions of a polypeptide chain

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Secondary structure

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Examples of secondary structure

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a-helix, b-pleated sheet, random coil

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Complete three-dimensional arrangement of atoms of a polypeptide chain

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Tertiary structure

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Spatial relationship and interactions between subunits in a protein that has more than one polypeptide chain

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Quaternary structure

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21
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Antidiuretic hormone

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Vasopressin

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Affects the contractions of the uterus in childbirth and muscles of the breast in secretion of milk

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Oxytocin

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Differences in the structure of vasopressin and oxytocin

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Vasopressin: Arg & Phe
Oxytocin: Leu & Ile

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A type of secondary structure in which a section of polypeptide chain coils into a spiral, most commonly a right-handed spiral

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a-helix

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A type of secondary structure in which two polypeptide chains or sections of the same polypeptide chain align parallel to each other; the chains may be parallel or antiparallel
b-pleated sheet
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In a-helix, there are ____ amino acids per turn of the helix
3.6
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The six atoms of each peptide bond in a-helix lie in the _____ plane
same
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The N-H groups point in the _____ direction, roughly _____ to the axis of the helix (a-helix)
same, parallel
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The C=O groups point in the _____ direction, roughly _____ to the axis of the helix (a-helix)
opposite, parallel
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All R-groups of a-helix point _____ from the helix
outward
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A polypeptide derived entirely from alanine, where the intrachain hydrogen bonds that stabilize the helix are visible as the interacting C-O and N-H bonds
polyalanine, a-helix
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In b-pleated sheet, the six atoms lie in the _____ plane
same
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The C=O and N-H groups of the peptide bonds (b-pleated sheet) from _____ chains point _____ each other and in the ____ plane
adjacent, toward, same
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All R-group (in b-pleated sheet) on any one chain ___ of the sheet
alternate (above, then below)
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The overall conformation of an entire polypeptide chain
tertiary structure
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Four ways of stabilization of tertiary structure
Covalent, hydrogen, salt bridges, hydrophobic interactions
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Example of tertiary structure stabilization: formation of disulfide bonds between cysteine side chains
Covalent bonds
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Example of tertiary structure stabilization: between the -OH groups of serine and threonine
Hydrogen bonding
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Example of tertiary structure stabilization: the attraction of the -NH3+ group of lysine and the COO- group of aspartic acid
Salt bridges
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Example of tertiary structure stabilization: nonpolar side chains of phenylalanine and isoleucine
Hydrophobic interactions
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The arrangement of polypeptide chains into noncovalently bonded aggregation
Quaternary structure
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Adult hemoglobin: two alpha chains of ____ amino acids each, and two beta chains of _____ amino acids each
141, 146
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Fetal hemoglobin: _____ alpha chains and _____ gamma chains
2, 2
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The process of destroying the native conformation of a protein by chemical or physical means
Denaturation
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Denaturating agent: can discrupt hydrogen bonding; in globular proteins, it can cause unfolding of polypeptide chains with the result that coagulation and precipiation may take place
Heat
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Denaturating agent: disrupts hyrdogen bonding
6M aqueous urea
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Denaturating agent: detergents such as sodium dodecylbenzenesulfate (SDS) disrupt hydrogen bonding
Surface-active agents
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Denaturating agent: 2-Mercaptoethanol cleaves disulfide bonds by reducing -S-S- groups to -SH groups
Reducing agents
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Denaturating agent: transition metal ions form water-insoluble salts with -SH groups
Heavy metal ions
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Denaturating agent: penetrates bacteria and kills them by coagulating their proteins
Alcohol
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Where will the equilibrium shift if pI>pH?
Left
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Where will the equilibrium shift if pI
Right
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Net charge if pH>pI
Negative
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Net charge if pI>pH
Positive
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A sugar alternative that is 200x sweeter than sucrose
Aspartame
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Present amino acid in aspartame
Phenylalanine
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Effect of configuration in aspartame
D-configuration will lead to a bitter taste (it should be sweet)
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Three physiologically important amino acids especially as neurotransmitters
tyrosine, tryptophan, phenylalanine
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Low level of L-dopa will lead to ______
Parkinson's disease
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Two amino acids associated with L-dopa
Tyrosine and phenylalanine
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Serotonin is converted from what amino acid?
Tryptophan
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Low levels of serotonin leads to ____
Depression
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Extremely high levels of serotonin leads to ______
Manic-depressive schizophrenia (Or bipolar disorder)
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Water insoluble complexes from heated test tube (from glycation process)
Advanced glycation end-products (GAE)
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pH of hemoglobin
6.8
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pI of albumin
4.9
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Difference between normal hemoglobin and sickle cell hemoglobin (HbS)
Valine replaces Glutamic Acid in the sixth position
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_____ prompts bone marrow to manufacture fetal hemoglobin for sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea
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True or false. Denaturation affects all structures of proteins
False. Primary structures are not affected, only to a small extent if ever, and it can be reversed
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Some denaturation caused by heat can be reversed by _____. They help a partially heat-denatured protein to regain its native secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures
Chaperones

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