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How do proteins exist?

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Not as long straight chains because the R group causes the polypeptide to fold

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Why do R groups interact with each other?

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Their different properties and this causes the poly tide to fold to form final protein

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What is primary structure?

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The sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide

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How are amino acids held together?

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By peptide bonds

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What does the sequence of amino acids determine?

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Where certain R groups occur which determines which bonds can occur and where, deciding the shape of the final protein e.g. enzymes and their active site

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What is secondary structure?

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The folding and coiling caused by hydrogen bonding between hydrogen and oxygen of nearby amino acids

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What is an alpha helix?

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It is when hydrogen bonds pull the peptide chain into coils

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What are beta pleated sheets?

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Polypeptide chains lying parallel in sheets held together by hydrogen bonds where the pattern forms pleats

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What is tertiary structure?

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Brought about by further folding of secondary structure caused by bonds and interactions between R groups

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What are the 4 types of bonds within tertiary structure?

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Hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions, ionic bonds and disulfide bonds

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What are hydrogen bonds?

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Weak attraction caused by H being shared between 2 atoms

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What are hydrophobic interactions?

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Weak association between R groups that do not dissolve in water

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What are ionic bonds?

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Weak attraction between groups of opposite charge

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What are disulfide bonds?

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Strong covalent bonds between cysteine amino acids

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What happened when all bonds break in tertiary structure?

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Te protein experiences denaturalisation and the whole protein unravels

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What is the order the bonds within tertiary structure break?

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  1. Hydrophobic interactions
  2. Hydrogen bonds
  3. Ionic bonds
  4. Disulfide bonds
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17
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Where do hydrogen bonds form?

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Also between hydrogen and nitrogen?

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What do disulfide bonds form?

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Between R groups containing -SH groups

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What is quaternary structure?

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The level of structure where two or more polypeptide subunits are bonded together, and the subunits can be identical or different.

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What are 4 examples of quaternary structure?

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Insulin - two different subunits, haemoglobin - two sets of identical subunits, antibodies - light and heavy chains and catalase with 4 different subunits.

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What are the two shapes of proteins?

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Globular or fibrous

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What are characteristics of globular proteins?

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Usually soluble in water and have metabolic roles

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What are examples of globular proteins?

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Haemoglobin, enzymes and antibodies

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What are characteristics of fibrous proteins?

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Usually insoluble and have structural roles

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What are examples of fibrous proteins?

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Silk, collagen and keratin

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What type of protein is haemoglobin?

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A conjugated protein

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What is the structure of haemoglobin?

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It has a quaternary structure with 2 alpha polypeptides, 2 beta polypeptides and 4 haem prosthetic groups

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How is haemoglobin shaped?

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It is ball shaped with a hydrophilic group towards the exterior and hydrophobic towards the interior so is soluble.

29
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Where is haemoglobin located?

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Within red blood cells

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What is the role of haemoglobin?

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Transports oxygen from the lungs to be released in the tissue

31
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How many oxygen molecules can bind to haemoglobin?

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One oxygen molecule to each iron in the 4 haem groups

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How is the shape important?

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It is important to how well it can bind and release oxygen

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Where is the haem located?

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In the centre of each subunit, so it’s protected from being oxidised and destroyed by the oxygen it transports

34
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What is insulin?

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A hormone involved in blood glucose regulation

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Where is insulin transported?

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In the blood so it needs to be soluble

36
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What do hormones do?

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They fit into the specially shaped receptor proteins on cell surface membranes

37
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What does tertiary structure do for hormones?

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It gives the hormone a precise shape to fit the receptor

38
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What is catalase?

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An enzyme specific to a particular reaction

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What is catalase’s substrate?

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Hydrogen peroxide

40
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Where does hydrogen peroxide come from?

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ApIt is a common by-product of metabolism but it damages cells and organelles

41
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What is the structure of catalase?

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It is a quaternary protein with 4 haem prosthetic groups

42
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How does catalase work?

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Iron (II) ions are present which allows catalase to interact with hydrogen peroxide and speed up its breakdown which produces oxygen and water

43
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Where is catalase found?

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In all cells

44
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What is the equation for the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide?

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2H₂O₂ -> 2H₂O + O₂

45
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What are features of fibrous proteins?

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They are insoluble molecules with high proportions of hydrophobic R groups and are not folded into complex 3D shapes, their amino acids usually have a limited range of small amino acids which leads to a very organised structure.

46
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What are examples of fibrous proteins?

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Keratin, elastin and collagen

47
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Where is keratin found?

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In hair, skin and nails

48
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Where is elastin found?

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Walls of blood vessels and alveoli

49
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Where is collagen found?

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Skin, tendons, ligaments and nervous tissue

50
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What does keratin contain?

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A large proportion of sulfur containing amino acids with many strong bonds

51
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What is keratin like as a protein?

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It is strong, inflexible and insoluble

52
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What determines the flexibility of keratin?

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The number of bonds

53
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Where is elastin present?

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Elastic fibres

54
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What is the structure of elastin?

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It has a quaternary structure made of many stretchy molecules called tropoelastin

55
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Why is elastin flexible?

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It is essential for lining arteries which need to expand and return to its original shape

56
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What is the structure of collagen?

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It has a quaternary structure with each polypeptide chain a coil made of 1000 amino acids which 3 of the r wish together in a triple helix to form a molecule

57
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What are the amino acids in collagen?

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Every 3rd amino acid is glycine and there are as many prolines and hydroxyproline amino acids and the R groups are small

58
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What do collagen molecules form?

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Hydrogen bonds and covalent bonds called cross links with two other collagen molecules to form fibrils

59
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What do crosslinks do?

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They are staggered along the molecules to give strentgh and flexibility

60
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What do fibrils for,?

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They are joined by together to form a collagen fibre of quaternary structure

61
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What is collagen a component of?

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Bone, cartilage, tendons and wall of arteries providing mechanical strength such as tendons, ligaments and skin

62
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What are tendons and ligaments?

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They are mostly collagen with many fibres in large bundles and they connect skeletal muscle to bone, forming strong connections to pull bones for movement

63
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What is collagen’s purpose in skin?

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The fibres form a mesh that is resistant to tearing

64
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How are bones formed?

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From collagen plus calcium phosphate to make them hard

65
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How is collagen used cosmetically?

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It is injected for example into lips to make them look fuller

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