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What Is The Basic Structure Of An Amino Acid? What Do They Look Like?
(ANS- Amino Group (NH2 Or NH3), Carboxyl Group (COO Or COOH), Alpha Carbon (C), And
Variable Group
How Do You Identify The 3 Different Types Of Side Chains: Non-Polar/Hydrophobic, Polar, And
Charged?
(ANS- Non-Polar/Hydrophobic - End With CH Or "Can't Have" Water. Polar - End With OH, SH, Or
NH. Charged - End With A Charge
What Kinds Of Bonds Do Each Of The 3 Different Types Of Side Chains Make? (ANS- Ionic,
Hydrophobic/Non-Polar, Charged
What Are The 4 Levels Of Protein Structure?
(ANS- Primary - Linear Structure, Secondary - Folded Into Helix Or Pleated Sheet Caused By
Hydrogen Bonding, Tertiary - 3D Structure Caused By Side Chain Interactions, Quaternary - 1+
Amino Acid Chains Combine = Multiple Subunits MUST Have 1+ Subunit
What Enviormental Change Breaks Each Type Of Bond?
(ANS- Hydrophobic - Temperature Change, Ionic - Salt Or Decreased Ph, Hydrogen -
Temperature, Change In Ph, Disulfide - Reducing Agents
What Type Of Amino Acid Side Chain Leads To Protein Aggregration? (ANS- Hydrophobic Bonds
How Do Environmental Changes Affect Protein Folding?
,(ANS- Extreme Temp Can Cause Hydrogen Bonds To Break Apart = Malformation Of Protein
Folding
How Do Mutations Affect Protein Structure? (ANS- Can Cause Structure To Change. Protein
Loses Form = Loses Function. May Form A Different Protein.
What Is An Electron?
(ANS- Negatively Charged Atom On Outer Ring For Bonding
What Is Energy:
(ANS- Power Derived Fro Chemical Interaction
What Are Covalent Bonds?
(ANS- Chemical Bond, Atoms Share 1+ Valence Electrons
What Is An Ionic Bond? (ANS- Bond Between Positive And Negative
What Is A Hydrogen Bond? (ANS- Weak Bond Between Positive And Negative
With An Amino?
(ANS- Piece Of Amino Acid, NH2 Or NH3
What Is A Carboyxl?
(ANS- Piece Of Amino Acid, COO Or COOH
What Is Hydrophobic?
(ANS- Doesn't Like Water, End With CH
,What Is Hydrophilic?
(ANS- Water Lovering, End With OH, NH, Or SH
What Is Disulfide Bond?
(ANS- Strongest Bond Between Reduction Agents, Formed Between SH's.
What Are Zwitterions?
(ANS- Amino With Positive And Negative Charges = Overall Charge Of Zero
What Is A Polypeptide
(ANS- Polymer Of Amino Acids
What Is Dehydration Synthesis?
(ANS- Process Of Forming Peptide Bonds
What Is Hydrolysis?
(ANS- Adding Water To Destroy Bonds
What Is An Alpha Helix?
(ANS- Twisted Secondary Structure, Formed By Hydrogen Bonds
What Is A Beta Sheet?
(ANS- Folded Second Structure Shape, Formed By Hydrogen Bonds
What Is Denaturation?
, (ANS- Loss Of Shape Duet O Interruption Of Chemical Bonds; Occurs Via Extreme Salt, Temp, Ph
What Is Aggregation?
(ANS- Clumping Of Inner Or Outer Cellular Proteins Caused By Misfolded Proteins Leading To
Diseases Such As Alzheimers, ALS, Parkinson's
How Do Enzymes Catalyze Reactions?
(ANS- Bind With Substrates To Decrease Activation Energy Required And Decrease Reaction Rate
How Do Enzymes Affect Reaction Rate And Activation Energy? (ANS- Decrease Activation Energy
And Decrease Reaction Rate
What Are The 4 Steps Of The Enzymatic Cycle?
(ANS- Enzyme Recognizes Substrate, Substrate Attracts The Enzyme; Enzyme- Substrate Complex
Is Formed; Enzyme-Product Complex Formed; Product Is Released, Enzyme Recycled
How Do Environmental Changes Affect Enzymes?
(ANS- High Heat, Ph Change, High Salt Concentration, And Reducing Agents Can Cause An
Enzyme To Lose Its Form/Lose Function
What Is A Competitive Inhibitor?
(ANS- Mimics Substrate And Takes Its Place On The Active Binding Site
What Is A Noncompetitive Inhibitor?
(ANS- Binds To Allosteric Site Causing Active Site To Change Shape = Preventing Substrate From
Binding With Enzyme