BCH 3033 Exam 1 Questions And
Answers
A-formrDNAr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
CondensedrformrofrDNA.rDeeperrmajorrgrooverandrshallowerrminorrgroove.
affinityrchromatographyr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
separationrbasedronraffinityrtorarmolculerattachedrtorcolumnrbead
Anfinsenrexperimentr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Therhypothesisrthatr"proteinraminoracidrsequencerdeterminesrtherfinalrshaperarproteinrassu
mesrinrarwaterrsolution"rwasrprovenrtorbercorrectrwhenrChristianrB.rAnfinsenrshowedrthatrifrt
herenzymerribonucleaserwasropenedroutrintorarlinearrchainrandrthenrallowedrtorreform,ritrrea
ssumedrthercorrectrcatalyticrshape.
Urearorrguanidiniumrchloriderdestroyedrallrnoncovalentrbonds,randrtherβ-
mercaptoethanoldestroyedrtherdisulfiderbonds.
B-formrDNAr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-Watson-CrickrmodelrDNA.rDeep,rwidermajorrgroove.
cDNArduplexr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-createdrfromrmRNArbyr
(1)ruserofrreversertranscriptasertorsynthesizerarcDNArstrand
(2)rdigestionrofrtheroriginalrRNArstrand
(3)radditionrofrseveralrGrbasesrtortherDNArbyrterminalrtransferase
(4)rsynthesisrofrarcomplementaryrDNArstrandrusingrthernewlyrsynthesizedrcDNArstrandrasr
artemplate.
Collagenr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Collagenrconsistsrofrthreerintertwinedrhelicalrpolypeptiderchainsrthatrformrarsuperhelicarlca
ble.rTherhelicalrpolypeptiderchainsrofrcollagenrarernotrα-helicesrandrarernotrstabilizedrbyrH-
bonds,rbutrratherrstericrrepulsionrofrtherprolinerrings.However,rtherthreerintertwinedrchainsri
nteractrviarH-bonds.
Everyrthirdrresidueisrarglycine.rProlineandrhydroxyproline(Hyp)ralsoarerabundant.
consensusrsequencer-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
arsequencerofrDNArhavingrsimilarrstructurerandrfunctionrinrdifferentrorganisms
, Cosmidsr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
ArcosmidrisrarhybridrofrλrphagerandrarplasmidrthatrisrusedrtorclonerlargerpiecesrofrDNA.
cumulativerselectionr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Partlyrcorrectrfoldingrintermediatesrarerretainedrbecausertheyrarerslightlyrmorerstablerthanr
unfoldedrregions.
dialysisr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-Semipermeablermembranerusedrtordistinguishrbyrsize
differentialrcentrifugationr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Procedurerforrseparatingrcellularrcomponentsraccordingrtortheirrsizerandrdensityrbyrspinnin
grarcellrhomogenaterinrarseriesrofrcentrifugerruns.rAfterreachrrun,rthersupernatantrisrremove
drfromrtherdepositedrmaterialr(pellet)randrspunragainratrprogressivelyrhigherrspeeds.
EdmannrDegradationr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
TheraminoracidrsequencerofrarproteinrcanrberdeterminedrbyrEdmanrdegradation.rTherprotei
nrisrexposedrtorphenylrisothiocyanate(PTH),rwhichrreactsrwithrtherN-
terminalraminoracidrtorformrarPTHrderivative.rTherPTH-
aminoracidrcanrberreleasedrwithoutrcleavingrtherremainderrofrtherprotein,randrtherdegradati
onrisrsubsequentlyrrepeated.
Entropyrofrsystemr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-∆S(surr)r=r-∆H(sys)/T
epitoper-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
therpartrofranrantigenrmoleculertorwhichranrantibodyrattachesritself
firstrlawrofrthermodynamicsr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Energyrcanrbertransferredrandrtransformed,rbutritrcannotrbercreatedrorrdestroyed.
Foldingrfunnelr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
gelrfiltrationrchromatographyr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
artyperofrcolumnrchromatographyrthatrseparatesrproteinsrbasedronrtheirrsizerusingrsize-
exclusionrbeads;ralsorcalledrsize-exclusionrchromatography.rLargerrmoleculesrelutesrfirst
Gibbsrfreerenergyr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-∆Gr=r∆Hr-rT∆S
Henderson-Hasselbalchrequationr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-pHr=rpKar+rlogr[A-]/[HA]
homodimerr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
whenrtworpolypeptidesrencodedrbyrthersamergenerbindrtoreachrotherrtorformrardimer.
HPLCr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-separationrbasedronrpolarity
IndirectrELISAr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Answers
A-formrDNAr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
CondensedrformrofrDNA.rDeeperrmajorrgrooverandrshallowerrminorrgroove.
affinityrchromatographyr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
separationrbasedronraffinityrtorarmolculerattachedrtorcolumnrbead
Anfinsenrexperimentr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Therhypothesisrthatr"proteinraminoracidrsequencerdeterminesrtherfinalrshaperarproteinrassu
mesrinrarwaterrsolution"rwasrprovenrtorbercorrectrwhenrChristianrB.rAnfinsenrshowedrthatrifrt
herenzymerribonucleaserwasropenedroutrintorarlinearrchainrandrthenrallowedrtorreform,ritrrea
ssumedrthercorrectrcatalyticrshape.
Urearorrguanidiniumrchloriderdestroyedrallrnoncovalentrbonds,randrtherβ-
mercaptoethanoldestroyedrtherdisulfiderbonds.
B-formrDNAr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-Watson-CrickrmodelrDNA.rDeep,rwidermajorrgroove.
cDNArduplexr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-createdrfromrmRNArbyr
(1)ruserofrreversertranscriptasertorsynthesizerarcDNArstrand
(2)rdigestionrofrtheroriginalrRNArstrand
(3)radditionrofrseveralrGrbasesrtortherDNArbyrterminalrtransferase
(4)rsynthesisrofrarcomplementaryrDNArstrandrusingrthernewlyrsynthesizedrcDNArstrandrasr
artemplate.
Collagenr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Collagenrconsistsrofrthreerintertwinedrhelicalrpolypeptiderchainsrthatrformrarsuperhelicarlca
ble.rTherhelicalrpolypeptiderchainsrofrcollagenrarernotrα-helicesrandrarernotrstabilizedrbyrH-
bonds,rbutrratherrstericrrepulsionrofrtherprolinerrings.However,rtherthreerintertwinedrchainsri
nteractrviarH-bonds.
Everyrthirdrresidueisrarglycine.rProlineandrhydroxyproline(Hyp)ralsoarerabundant.
consensusrsequencer-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
arsequencerofrDNArhavingrsimilarrstructurerandrfunctionrinrdifferentrorganisms
, Cosmidsr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
ArcosmidrisrarhybridrofrλrphagerandrarplasmidrthatrisrusedrtorclonerlargerpiecesrofrDNA.
cumulativerselectionr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Partlyrcorrectrfoldingrintermediatesrarerretainedrbecausertheyrarerslightlyrmorerstablerthanr
unfoldedrregions.
dialysisr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-Semipermeablermembranerusedrtordistinguishrbyrsize
differentialrcentrifugationr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Procedurerforrseparatingrcellularrcomponentsraccordingrtortheirrsizerandrdensityrbyrspinnin
grarcellrhomogenaterinrarseriesrofrcentrifugerruns.rAfterreachrrun,rthersupernatantrisrremove
drfromrtherdepositedrmaterialr(pellet)randrspunragainratrprogressivelyrhigherrspeeds.
EdmannrDegradationr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
TheraminoracidrsequencerofrarproteinrcanrberdeterminedrbyrEdmanrdegradation.rTherprotei
nrisrexposedrtorphenylrisothiocyanate(PTH),rwhichrreactsrwithrtherN-
terminalraminoracidrtorformrarPTHrderivative.rTherPTH-
aminoracidrcanrberreleasedrwithoutrcleavingrtherremainderrofrtherprotein,randrtherdegradati
onrisrsubsequentlyrrepeated.
Entropyrofrsystemr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-∆S(surr)r=r-∆H(sys)/T
epitoper-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
therpartrofranrantigenrmoleculertorwhichranrantibodyrattachesritself
firstrlawrofrthermodynamicsr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
Energyrcanrbertransferredrandrtransformed,rbutritrcannotrbercreatedrorrdestroyed.
Foldingrfunnelr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
gelrfiltrationrchromatographyr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
artyperofrcolumnrchromatographyrthatrseparatesrproteinsrbasedronrtheirrsizerusingrsize-
exclusionrbeads;ralsorcalledrsize-exclusionrchromatography.rLargerrmoleculesrelutesrfirst
Gibbsrfreerenergyr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-∆Gr=r∆Hr-rT∆S
Henderson-Hasselbalchrequationr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-pHr=rpKar+rlogr[A-]/[HA]
homodimerr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-
whenrtworpolypeptidesrencodedrbyrthersamergenerbindrtoreachrotherrtorformrardimer.
HPLCr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-separationrbasedronrpolarity
IndirectrELISAr-rCORRECTrrANSWER-