Week 6 Flashcards
What are the four structures of proteins?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quarternary
What is a primary protein?
The chaining
What is the secondary protein?
beta pleat
alpha pleat
What is a tertiary protein?
a disulfide bond
protein covalently bonded to sulfur atom
has HEME
What is a quarternary protein?
putting tertiary structures together
Antibodies have a ______ _______, they may join like a puzzle piece with a _______ _______ ________ that invades the body.
specific shape
specific foreign protein
What do structural proteins need to be?
watr insoluble to add strength to the tissues
ex. muscles
What do functional proteins need to be?
water soluble and have a flexible shape
What are enzymes involved in the making of and where does this take place?
make ATPs in the electron transfer cycle
Define Denaturation of proteins
when proteins lose their shape and their function
What are genes?
instructions coded in segments of DNA
(each body part has its own code)
What are the three types of RNA?
Transfer RNA
Messanger RNA
Ribosomal RNA
What is the transfer RNA function?
carries the information
What is the messanger RNA function?
copies information
What is the Ribosomal RNA function
uses the information
