Structure and Function of Biomolecules

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Uncommon Amino Acids
What part of common amino acids s...,
How are uncommon amino acids created,
Where are 4 hydroxyproline and 5 ...
17  cards
Acid/base properties of amino acids
Which form is any amino acid in a...,
What are the 7 amino acids with i...,
What charge does the ha and a for...
13  cards
3D protein structure
What type of reaction forms a pep...,
What type of reaction will break ...,
Which two modifications can be ma...
24  cards
Secondary structure
What is secondary structure,
What are the 2 regular secondary ...,
What are the 2 irregular secondar...
28  cards
Protein techniques
What is circular dichroism,
What does circular dichroism tell us,
What is the first step in protein...
53  cards
Fibrous proteins
What defines a fibrous protein in...,
What is the function of fibrous p...,
What is a globular protein
24  cards
Tertiary and quaternary structure
What is a motif,
What secondary structures are fou...,
What secondary structures are fou...
31  cards
Membrane proteins
What is an integral membrane protein,
What is a peripheral membrane pro...,
How do you differentiate between ...
12  cards
Working with proteins (midterm 2)
What is isoelectric focusing used...,
How are proteins separated by pi ...,
Is the gel used in isoelectric fo...
17  cards
X-ray crystallography
Why does the protein need to be i...,
What part of a protein will scatt...,
How long does the wavelength of r...
33  cards
NMR
What part of proteins do we see w...,
Which nuclei have the spin that i...,
What do the nuclei with the spin ...
14  cards
SAXS
Which other protein structure tec...,
Does saxs have a good resolution,
Where is the protein when using saxs
6  cards
Cryo-EM
What are we imaging with cryo em,
Why are the samples frozen in amo...,
Why does the ice need to be amorp...
16  cards
Ligand binding: antibodies
What is the difference between th...,
What are the two subdivisions of ...,
What does the cellular immune sys...
33  cards
Ligand binding: G-proteins
What are the functions of g proteins,
Is a g protein bound to gtp activ...,
Is a g protein bound to gdp activ...
26  cards
Catalysis
What are the 6 classes of enzymes,
What is the function of oxidoredu...,
What is the function of transfera...
23  cards
Chymotrypsin
Which enzyme class is chymotrypsi...,
What are the 4 catalytic residues...,
Which 3 amino acids are part of t...
18  cards
Enzyme kinetics
Why does the reaction rate platea...,
What are 3 ways to measure reacti...,
How do you measure reaction rate ...
17  cards
Enzyme inhibitors
How can inhibitors be applied for...,
What are competitive inhibitors,
Can you swamp out a competitive i...
29  cards
Bisubstrate reactions
How many enzymes have 2 substrates,
What are the two mechanisms of bi...,
How does the ternary complex mech...
9  cards
Enzyme regulation
What is allosteric regulation,
What types of modifications can r...,
Why do allosteric enzymes usually...
17  cards
Lipids
What feature is common to all lipids,
What are 4 functions of lipids,
What traits do the hydrocarbon po...
18  cards
Storage lipids
What are storage lipids used for,
What is the structure of triacylg...,
How are triacylglycerols stored
12  cards
Structural lipids
What are the 5 types of structura...,
What two general categories are s...,
What is the polar head group of p...
34  cards
Biologically active lipids
What do phospholipases do,
Where in a phospholipid does phos...,
Where in a phospholipid does phos...
11  cards
Membranes
What are 4 functions of membranes,
What are the 5 properties of memb...,
What traits will membranes with l...
21  cards
Membrane transport
What is passive transport,
What type of solute can get acros...,
What is facilitated diffusion
47  cards
Membrane fusion
How is membrane fusion mediated,
What are snares,
What are the two types of snares
7  cards
Carbohydrate structure and reactions
What are 10 functions of carbohyd...,
What is the general formula of a ...,
What functional group does every ...
50  cards
Polysaccharides
What 5 traits create diversity in...,
What controls polysaccharide folding,
What are 3 functions of pollysacc...
36  cards
Glycoconjugates
What are proteoglycans,
What do the sugars on proteoglyca...,
What do proteoglycans do
26  cards
Lectins and Working with carbohydrates
How are sugars able to contain in...,
Even though oligosaccharides can ...,
What are lectins
23  cards
Influenza virus
When were the 3 influenza pandemics,
What type of virus is influenza,
How many genes does the influenza...
27  cards

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