Module 1B - Biomolecules & Enzymes Flashcards
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Structurally complex and functionally sophisticated
molecules.
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Proteins
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The shape of protein is specified by its:
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Amino acid sequence
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Protein structure is made of:
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Long unbranched chain of amino acids/Polypeptides
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Repeating sequence of atoms along the core of polypeptide chains
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Polypeptide backbone
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Gives the amino acids their unique properties
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Side Chains
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Amino acids with negative side chains:
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Aspartic Acid and Glutamic acid
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Amino acids with positive side chains:
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Arginine, Lysine, Histidine
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Amino acids with uncharged polar side chains:
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Asparagine, Glutamine, Serine, Threonine, Tyrosine
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Amino acids with non-polar side chains:
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Alanine, Glycine, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Proline, Phenylalanine, Methionine, Tryptophan, Cysteine
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Causes protein folding:
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Weak non-covalent bonds
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Non-covalent bonds of protein:
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Hydrogen bonds, electrostatic attractions, and Van der Waals
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The force that causes hydrophobic molecules to be forced together within an aqueous environment to reduce the disruptive effects of water molecules on the hydrogen bonded networks.
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Hydrophobic clustering forces
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Proteins form into a conformation of:
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Lowest Energy
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Class of proteins that assist in protein folding or unfolding
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Molecular chaperones
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Contains all the information needed for specifying the three dimensional shape of a protein.
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Amino acid sequence
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The 3D structure of protein has the ability to
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Denature and Renature
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Two regular folding patterns of protein are found within proteins:
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α-Helix and β sheet
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The protein folding structure takes shape due to the result of hydrogen bonding between the:
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N-H and C=O groups in the polypeptide chain groups
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Polypeptide chain pattern that forms from the neighboring segments of the polypeptide backbone that runs in the same orientation/direction.
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Parallel chains
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Polypeptide chain pattern that folds back and forth upon itself with each section of the chain running in the direct opposite direction of its immediate neighbors.
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Anti-parallel chains
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Folding patter that generate when a single polypeptide chain twists around itself to form a rigid cylinder.
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α-Helix
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Hydrogen bonds linking C=O of one peptide bond to N-H of another occurs between every:
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4th peptide
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Forms when two or more α-Helix chains that coil have most of their non-polar side chains on one side.
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Coiled-coil
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Stage of protein structure that only comprises the sequence of amino acids:
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Primary protein structure
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Stage of protein structure where the occurrence of hydrogen bonding in the polypeptide backbone of the protein structure that causes amino acids to fold into a repeating pattern. Appearance of α-Helix and β sheets.
Secondary protein structure
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Stage of protein structure where full 3D folding of the protein structure occurs due to polypeptide chain interactions.
Tertiary protein structure
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Stage of protein structure where the protein molecule forms a protein complex consisting of more than one amino acid polypeptide chain.
Quaternary protein structure
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How many protein coding genes does the human genome have?
21,000 protein-coding genes
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Proteins can be classified into families based on their:
Amino acid and 3D conformation
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___% of our protein coding genes to known protein structure belong to ____ different families.
40, 500
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The structure of proteins (such as arrangement of atoms and the interactions and dynamics of proteins at the atomic level) and their classifications are identified using:
X-ray crystallography and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
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Basic units of protein that can fold, function, and evolve independently. They easily integrate into other proteins.
Protein domains
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Process of creating new novel combinations of gene functional domains. Can be readily linked in series to form extended protein structures.
Domain shuffling
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What are protein modules?
The subset of protein domains, mobile during evolution.
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___% of human protein domains are vertebrate specific.
7%
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A specialized function of a protein domain.
Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)
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Vertebrates have inherited majority of their protein domains from:
Invertebrates
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Given rise to many novel combinations of protein domains during the evolution of vertebrates.
Domain shuffling
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Allows protein to bind to each other to create/produce structures in the cell.
Weak non-covalent bonds
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Any region in the protein's surface that can interact with other molecules.
Binding site
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Formation of a symmetric complex of two protein subunits(dimer).
"Head to head" arrangement
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A symmetrical arrangement of two identical α-globin subunits and two identical β-globin
subunits.
Hemoglobin
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A long chain of identical protein molecules can be constructed if:
Each molecule has a binding site complementary to another region on the surface of the same molecule.
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Long helical structures produced from many molecules of the protein actin.
Actin filament
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An elongated three-dimensional protein structure.
Fibrous protein
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Main component in long lived protein structures.
Keratin filaments
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A dimer of two identical subunits.
α-keratin
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Rope-like protein structures that is the important component of the cytoskeleton.
Intermediate filaments
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What are the dimension of a collagen molecule?
300 nm x 15 nm
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This type of protein is abundant outside of the cell and is the main component for the gel like consistency of the extracellular matrix.
Fibrous protein
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Consists of three long polypeptide chains, each containing that non-polar amino acid glycine at every 3rd position.
Collagen
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Type of protein with a highly disturbed polypeptide chain and also dominant within the extracellular matrix.
Elastin
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Relatively loose and unstructured polypeptide chains that are covalently cross-linked to produce a rubber-like elastic meshwork that can be reversibly pulled from one conformation to another.
Elastin
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Why are disordered polypeptide chain proteins so frequent naturally?
1. Serves as a "tether" to hold two protein domains in close proximity
2. Form specific binding sites for other proteins that have high specificity
3. They restrict diffusion
4. Trigger cell signaling events
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Proteins that are secreted extracellular are often stabilized by:
Covalent cross-linkages
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A sample of covalent cross-linkages that does not change the conformation of a protein but instead act as atomic "staples"
Sulfur-sulfur bonds/disulfide bonds
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What type of reaction causes the formation of covalent cross-linkages?
Oxidation Reduction
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In the proteins secreted extracellular, oxidation reduction reaction forms ___________ that stabilizes those proteins.
Covalent cross-linkages
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The advantages of using protein molecules as subunit of large structures:
1. Requires only a small amount of genetic information.
2. Assembly and disassembly can readily be controlled.
3. Errors in the synthesis of the structure can easily be avoided.
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Structure made from hundreds of identical protein subunits that encloses and protects the viral nucleic acid.
Protein coat/Capsid of viruses
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Cell subunit that is capable of spontaneous assembly into the final structure under appropriate conditions.
Purified subunits
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Organisms or structures that are capable of self assembly:
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and bacterial ribosomes
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Guides the construction of complex biological structures but does not take part in the final assembled structure.
Assembly factors
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Self propagating stable β-sheet protein aggregates that are released from dead cells that can kill cells and damage tissues.
Amyloid Fibrils
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Accumulation of protein aggregates from dead cells:
Amyloid
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Most severe amyloid pathologies:
Neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's and Parkinson's)
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A subclass of amyloid, caused by misfolded, aggregate form of a particular protein called prion protein (PrP).
Prions
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Acts as vesicles containing peptides and hormones.
Secretory granules that consists of amyloid fibrils
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Determines the BIOLOGICAL properties and function of a protein.
Physical interaction with other molecules.
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Characteristic of a protein that allows it to bind to just ONE or FEW MOLECULES out of a THOUSAND.
Specificity
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Substance that is BOUND by the PROTEIN.
Ligand
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The specificity and affinity of a protein to a ligand is determined by:
Formation of a set of weak non-covalent bonds plus- favorable hydrophobic interactions.
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Determines the CHEMISTRY of a protein molecule:
Surface conformation
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The region of a protein that ASSOCIATES WITH a LIGAND.
Binding sites
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Different types of PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTION:
1. Surface-string interaction
2. helix-helix interaction
3. surface-surface interaction
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Association of two or more alpha-helix strands that are common to the secondary structure in proteins.
Helix-helix interaction
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Occurs when specific regions on the surface of one protein binds to a complementary region on a surface of another protein:
Surface-surface interaction
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Catalysts that cause chemical transformation that make or break covalent bonds in cells.
Enzymes
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A complex that forms when a substrate binds with an enzyme.
Enzyme-substrate complex (ES)
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Protein that binds to a target molecule (antigen), causing its inactivation or making it for destruction.
Anti-body or immunoglobins
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Speeds up the reaction time in cells, they act as catalysts.
Enzymes
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Standard formula for enzyme catalyzed reactions:
E + S = ES ---> EP ---> E + P
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The formula for enzyme catalyzed reactions:
E + S = ES ---> EP ---> E + P
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What is the main function of an enzyme?
Lower the activation energy required for a reaction
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The maximum rate of reaction divided by the enzyme concentration:
Turnover number
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Unstable intermediate state of an enzyme-substrate reaction:
Transition state
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The free energy required to attain the transition state:
Activation energy
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True or False. Enzymes are capable of using an Acid and a Base Catalysis simultaneously.
True
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Enzymes contains precisely positioned atoms that alter the electron distribution of atoms that participate directly in:
Making and breaking covalent bonds
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Addition of a water molecule to a single bond between two adjacent sugar groups in the polysaccharide chain, causing the bond to break:
Hydrolysis
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Addition of a water molecule between two bonded molecules, causing the bond to break:
Hydrolysis
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Presence of a _____________ associated on an enzymes binding site assists with the catalytic function of the enzyme.
Small molecule/Metal atom
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Proteins that require specific small molecules to function properly:
Rhodopsin and hemoglobin
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A large assembly of multiple proteins/enzymes; it allows the passage of product from enzyme a directly towards enzyme B and so on:
Multi-enzyme complex
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A product produce by enzyme catalysis inhibits an enzyme that acts earlier within the pathway to stop the reaction:
Feedback inhibition
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When a molecule binds to an enzyme that changes the conformation of its binding site that prevents another substrate binding:
Negative feedback/Negative regulation
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A regulation where a molecules binds to an enzyme that stimulates its activity rather that shutting the enzyme down:
Positive feedback/Positive regulation
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A type of enzyme that contains two binding sites on its surface; an active site that recognizes the substrate and a regulatory site that recognizes regulatory molecules:
Allosteric enzyme
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Allosteric came from these Greek words:
allos = "other"
stereo = "solid" or "3D"
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The interaction between separated sites on a protein:
Conformational change
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Phenomena that occurs on multimeric enzymes, where each subunit of the protein has its own ligand-binding site:
Cooperative allosteric transition
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Transfer of the terminal phosphate group from an ATP molecule to the hydroxyl group:
Protein phosphorylation
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A protein that selectively modifies other proteins by covalently adding phosphates to them (phosphorylation).
Protein kinase
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Enzyme that causes the removal of phosphate from proteins (dephosphorylate).
Protein phosphatases
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Addition and removal of phosphate regulates the state (active or inactive) of the this protein.
GTP-binding proteins
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GTP-binding proteins is hydrolyzed causing the loss of one phosphate group in a reaction catalyzed by the protein itself. What is the inactive state of GTP-binding proteins?
GDP-bound state
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Responsible for generating the forces responsible for muscle contraption and the crawling and swimming of the cells:
Motor proteins
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Proteins that produce large movement in the cells:
Motor proteins
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Coupling one of the conformational changes to the hydrolysis of an ATP molecule that is tightly bound to the protein:
Unidirectional conformation changes
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Membrane bound transporter that functions to export hydrophobic molecules from the cytoplasm:
ABC transporters
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Composes of a linked set of 10 or more proteins that catalyzes DNA replication, protein synthesis, vesicle budding, or transmembrane signaling.
Protein machines
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Protein binding sites for multiple proteins.
Scaffold proteins
