T2M4 Flashcards
The human proteome represents
the full number of proteins that are expressed by all the hereditary information in our DNA
Glucose absorption occurs where?
- some in mouth across thin epithelial
surfaces that are intimately associated with
underlying blood vessels or capillaries - most in the microvilli cells of the small intestine
glucose metabolism leads to
an increase in insulin gene transcription and mRNA translation
translated polypeptide that is coded in the insulin gene length
110 amino acids
Functional insulin protein that is secreted from the beta cells of the pancreas length
51 amino acids
Who determined the structure of the functional
insulin protein?
Dorothy Hodgkin
Phosphorylation
a reversible post-translational modification that involves the covalent attachment of a phosphate group to serine, threonine or tyrosine amino acid residues in a protein by enzymes called kinase
methylation
covalent addition of a methyl group
acetylation
addition of an acetyl group to a specific amino
acid residue in a protein
