Topic 1 & 2 - Proteomics and protein structure, binding and conformational change Flashcards
What is a genome ?
Entire hereditary information encoded in the DNA. It’s made of genes and other DNA sequences that don’t code for proteins
Eg: introns and Exons
What is a proteome
Entire set of proteins expressed by a genome.
It’s larger than the genome due to RNA Splicing and post- transitional modifications
What is a transcriptome
Full range of messenger RNA, or mRNA oR messenger mRNA and molecules expressed by an organism
What is micro- array analysis
Technique used to study transcriptome.
Step 1 of micro - array analysis
Makes copies of all the genes in the genome
Step 2
Separates all strands into single strands
Step 3
Places copies at each separate gene onto a specific point on a neatly ordered slide suspends on a droplet
Step 4
Take the cell type being studied and apply to microarray
Step 5
Scan microarray for attached cDNA
Step 6
Use logged locations to determine which genes at active in the studied cells
_____________ __________ can drive the function and often altering the structure back
Conformational change
_________ causes a conformational change in the protein, which may result in an altered function, may be reversible
Binding
Proteins are polymers of _________
Amino acids
Amino acids link _________ to form ________ ________
Peptide
Polypeptides
What is the primary sequence
It’s the order in which the amino acids are synthesised into the polypeptide
Secondary structure
Result from hydrogen bonding along the back bone of the protein strand
3 types of secondary structure formed
Alpha helices
Parallel or anti parallel beta
Turns
4 types of R Groups
Negatively charged/ acidic
Positively charged/ basic
Non-polar/ hydrophobic amino acids
Acidic amino acids have a _______ on the R Group
COOH
Are they positively or negatively charged
Negatively
Hydrophobic or hydrophilic
Hydrophilic
They ____ a proton to another atom
Donate
Two types of amino acid in this group
Aspartame and glutamate
Basic amino acids have ____ on the R group
NH2