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Chem 521 - Biochemistry

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Lecture 1 - Amino acids
Proteins are polymers of,
A protein s amino acid sequence i...,
The primary structure determines ...
29  cards
Lecture 1+ - pKa values of amino acid side chains
Arginine,
Aspartic acid,
Cysteine
7  cards
Lecture 2 - Primary and secondary protein structure
The primary structure is,
The primary structure is encoded ...,
The primary structure is read fro...
29  cards
Lecture 3 - Tertiary and quaternary protein structure
Tertiary structure refers to,
Tertiary structure is created by,
Protein folding is driven by
49  cards
Lecture 4 - Protein stability
What stabilizes proteins,
What bonds and interactions stabi...,
Types of electrostatic forces
22  cards
Lecture 5 - Protein folding
Disulfide bonds can be reversibly...,
Noncovalent bonds in a protein ca...,
Tertiary interactions are importa...
19  cards
Lecture 6 - Folding accessory proteins
Proteins often fold in vitro into,
3 types of accessory proteins,
When reduced pdi catalyzes
23  cards
Lecture 7 - Ligand binding
Communication in the cell or betw...,
Typically the ligand is a,
The majority of interactions in b...
39  cards
Lecture 8 - Cooperativity and allostery
If we have a protein with one bin...,
The number of ligands bound per s...,
A binding curve for a ligand and ...
36  cards
Lecture 9 - Introduction to enzymes
Enzymes are,
Enzymes increase the,
Enzymes speed up reactions but ca...
32  cards
Lecture 10 - Enzyme kinetics
In a reaction of the form a b p r...,
Overall order of a reaction is th...,
A first order reaction describes ...
29  cards
Lecture 11 - Enzyme inhibition
Many but not all enzyme inhibitor...,
Types of enzyme inhibitors,
In competitive inhibition there i...
29  cards
Lecture 12 - Enzymatic catalysis
Enzymes are good catalysts due to...,
Enzymatic catalytic mechanisms ar...,
General acid catalysis involves
35  cards
Lecture 13 - Nucleic acid structure
Information encoded in a dna mole...,
The sequence of the rna molecule ...,
Nucleic acids are
48  cards
Lecture 14 - RNA structure and gene expression
Rna world hypothesis steps,
Reverse transcriptase is a,
Information encoded in a dna mole...
55  cards
Lecture 15 - Chromosome structure and genome organization - part 1
Each base pair of b dna contribut...,
The 23 chromosomes of the 3 billi...,
Each chromosome is a complex of
51  cards
Lecture 16 - Methods of nucleic acid analysis
Dna sequencing determines,
In solid phase synthesis of nucle...,
Restriction enzymes
53  cards
Lecture 17 - Recombinant DNA technology
Recombinant dna rdna molecules are,
Recombinant dna cloning,
Two dna molecules cleaved with a ...
33  cards
Lecture 18 - Protein expression
Dna stores information genes whic...,
The information genes is expresse...,
Transcription begins near
43  cards
Lecture 19 - Protein purification
For enzymes protein catalysts the...,
Salt concentration is expressed as,
At low ionic strength protein sol...
23  cards
Lecture 20 - Methods of protein analysis I
Gel electrophoresis can be used to,
In gel electrophoresis small mole...,
In gel electrophoresis proteins m...
35  cards
Lecture 21 - Methods of protein analysis II
Acid hydrolysis is a method to de...,
Edman degradation is used to,
Edman degradation sequentially
7  cards
Lecture 22 - Determination of protein structure
Two most important techniques to ...,
X ray crystallography reveals,
The three components in an x ray ...
23  cards
Lecture 23 - Transcription
Transcription,
Rna transcripts are synthesized by,
3 stages of rna synthesis
5  cards
Lecture 24 - RNA processing
Mrna in eukaryotes is modified after,
A poly a tail prevents,
In bacteria polypeptide chains ar...
18  cards
Lecture 25 - Protein synthesis
Protein synthesis takes place on,
Transfer rna molecules trnas carry,
Messenger rna mrna carries
21  cards
Lecture 26 - Control of gene expression I
0  cards
Lecture 27 - Control of gene expression II
0  cards
Lecture 28 - Posttranscriptional control
0  cards
Lecture 15 - Chromosome structure and genome organization - part 2
A genome is,
Generally higher organisms plants...,
The human genome has approximatel...
34  cards
Journal Club #5
Mitochondria are,
Mitochondria produce energy throu...,
Posttranscriptional means
18  cards

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