Proteins Flashcards
Do more jobs in the cell than any other type of biological molecule
proteins
is a chain of monomers called amino acids
Protein
General structure of an amino acid
hydrogen atom carbon cell group, amino group, r group
The protein that controls the amount amount of sugar in the blood
Insulin
Is composed of an amino group, a carboxyl group, and one of our groups attached to essential carbon atom
Amino acids
Distinguish the amino acids from one another, and they have diverse chemical structures
R groups
The ________ Reaction connect amino acids to each other
Dehydration synthesis
Is the resulting covalent bond that links each amino acid to its neighbor?
A peptide bond
Chains with 100 or more amino acids
Polypeptides
when is a polypeptide called a protein?
Once it folds into its functional shape
The amino acid sequence of a polypeptide chain
Primary (1°) structure
A “substructure” with a defined shape, resulting from hydrogen bonds between parts of the polypeptide
Secondary (2°) structure
these interactions fold the chain of amino sequence into coils, sheets, and loops.
secondary (2°) structure
The overall shape of a polypeptide, arising primarily through interactions between between our groups and water
tertiary (3°) structure
The structure where the hydrophobic groups move away from water toward the proteins interior.
Tertiary (3°) structure