Topic 1 & 2 - Proteomics and protein structure, binding and conformational change Flashcards

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What is a genome ?

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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

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What is a proteome

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Entire set of proteins expressed by a genome.

It’s larger than the genome due to RNA Splicing and post- transitional modifications

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What is a transcriptome

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Full range of messenger RNA, or mRNA oR messenger mRNA and molecules expressed by an organism

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What is micro- array analysis

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Technique used to study transcriptome.

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Step 1 of micro - array analysis

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Makes copies of all the genes in the genome

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Step 2

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Separates all strands into single strands

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Step 3

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Places copies at each separate gene onto a specific point on a neatly ordered slide suspends on a droplet

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Step 4

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Take the cell type being studied and apply to microarray

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Step 5

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Scan microarray for attached cDNA

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Step 6

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Use logged locations to determine which genes at active in the studied cells

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_____________ __________ can drive the function and often altering the structure back

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Conformational change

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_________ causes a conformational change in the protein, which may result in an altered function, may be reversible

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Binding

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Proteins are polymers of _________

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Amino acids

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Amino acids link _________ to form ________ ________

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Peptide

Polypeptides

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What is the primary sequence

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It’s the order in which the amino acids are synthesised into the polypeptide

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Secondary structure

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Result from hydrogen bonding along the back bone of the protein strand

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3 types of secondary structure formed

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Alpha helices
Parallel or anti parallel beta
Turns

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4 types of R Groups

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Negatively charged/ acidic
Positively charged/ basic
Non-polar/ hydrophobic amino acids

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Acidic amino acids have a _______ on the R Group

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COOH

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Are they positively or negatively charged

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Negatively

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Hydrophobic or hydrophilic

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Hydrophilic

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They ____ a proton to another atom

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Donate

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Two types of amino acid in this group

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Aspartame and glutamate

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Basic amino acids have ____ on the R group

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NH2

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They _____ a proton
Accept
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Positively or negatively charged
Positively
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Hydrophilic or hydrophobic
Hydrophilic
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Name 3 basic amino acids
Lysine, arginine and histidine
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3 things o the R side chain on polar amino acids
Oxygen nitrogen or sulfur
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Hydrophilic or hydrophobic
Hydrophilic
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They form ____ hydrogen bonds
Weak
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Six polar acids name 2
Define and cysteine
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Do they or do they not have OH,COOH,NH2 or SH
Don’t have
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Negatively or positively charged
Neither
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Hydrophilic or hydrophobic
Hydrophobic
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They have ___________ and a lot of carbon atoms
Benzene rings
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2 types
Glycine and phenylalanine
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When polypeptide folds they become ________
Tertiary structure
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Effects include _
``` Interactions of R groups in hydrophobic Regions Ionic bonds Hydrogen bonds Van der waals interactions Disulphides bridges ```
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______________ groups give proteins added functions
Prosthetic
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An example of a prosthetic group
Haem in haemagloblin
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Quaternary structure is ____________
Several connected polypeptide subunits
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2 things that influence interactions of R groups
Temperature and pH
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Name for protein that has lost its shape
Denatured
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Increasing temperature effect
Melt weak bonds and then stronger bonds
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pH effect
Shift acidic base characters of the R group on particulate amino acids
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This results in ___________
Change in ionic interactions of amino acids
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Hydrophilic are __________
Water loving
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These R groups predominate on ________
Surface of a soluble protein in the cytoplasm
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Hydrophobic are ___________
Water hating
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There R groups ________
Cluster in the centre to form a globular structure
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Fluid mosaic model
``` Phospholipid bilayer Hydrophilic hydrophobic hydrophilic Contains proteins [ intergral/transmembrane channels/ peripheral/ transmembrane] ```
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What is a ligand
Substance that bonds to a protein
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Ligand effects the _____ of a protein
Activity
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Eg enzymes, the specific shape give the _______ _____ for the substance to bind
Active site
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In cell signalling why is ligand binding essential
Activate receptors or channels
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Is a histone positively or negatively charged
Positive
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What’s the next step
Bonds to sugar phosphate back bone
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Is that positively or negatively charged
Negatively
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What is a nucleosome
DNA weapped around a histone
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Other protein binding sites either stimulate or inhibit _______
Transcription
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Ligand binding changes ______
The confirmation of a protein
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What does this cause
The functional change in a protein
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Eg enzymes what two things relate to induced fit
Specified between active site and substrate
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What happens when the substrate binds
Temporary change in the active site occurs
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This then _______ binding and integration with the substrate
Increases
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What produces lower activation energy
Chemical environment
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Once _________ takes place, the original enzyme is resumed and products are ________ from active site
Catalysis | Released
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What is an allosteric enzyme
Enzyme that can have its activity alerted by a ligand
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What’s this type of ligand called
Modulator
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These modulators bind to _________ binding sites
Secondary
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The _____________ changes and alter the _______ of the active site
Confirmation | Affinity
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What is the role of negative modulators
Reduce enzyme affinity for the substrate
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Deoxyhaemoglobin has a ____ ________ for oxygen
Low affinity
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When one molecule of oxygen binds to one of four haem groups it _______ the affinity of the remaining three haem goups
Increases
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Oxyhemoglobin ______ it’s ability to ______ oxygen
Increase | Lose
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This creates what ?
Oxygen dissociation curve
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Low ph =
Low affinity
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High temp =
Low affinity
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Exersice increases body ___ and produces ___________ the body
Temp | Co2 acidifying
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What is a phosphate
Highly charged group
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If added or removed what does it create
A reversible conformational change in proteins
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What does this charge do
Alter the r group interactions within a protein
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Types of protein involved in phosphate movement
Kinease phosphatase ATPase
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What is kinase
Group of enzymes that move things (kinetic) Adds phosphate Phosphorylates other proteins though ATP
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What is phosphatase
Enzyme that dephosphoryaltes groups
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What’s is ATPase
Enzymes use phosphate for ATP | Eg: glucose symport and muscle contractions
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___________ hydrophilic signaling molecules are involved in the ________ of extracelluar _______ proteins
Extracellular Activation Receptor
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What do they interact with ?
Intercellular proteinsthrough a series of kinases and phosphatases
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The cascade of ________ and __________ activates ___________ events
Phosphorylation and dephosphoralation | Intracellular
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What’s controlled this way
Insulin and blood sugar level
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What happens when muscle contracts
Actin and myosin slide past each other
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Step 1
Myosin heads act as cross bridges as they bind to actin at specific binding sites allowing muscle to contract
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Step 2
When actin binds to myosin , the head detaches from actin singing forward and reminds. The rebounding releases the ADP and a phosphate and drags the myosin along the actin filament