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More Organic Chemistry: Proteins and DNA. Proteins. Enzymes Structural proteins Storage proteins Transport proteins Hormones Receptors Contractile proteins Defensive proteins. Amino Acids. Amino Acids. amino. N. Amino Acids. amino. O. N. C. O. acid. Amino Acids. amino. O. N.
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Proteins • Enzymes • Structural proteins • Storage proteins • Transport proteins • Hormones • Receptors • Contractile proteins • Defensive proteins.
Amino Acids amino N
Amino Acids amino O N C O acid
Amino Acids amino O N C C O acid
Amino Acids amino O N C C O acid R
Amino Acids H NH2—C—COOH R
Amino Acids 20 different amino acids: • Polar or nonpolar • Electrically charged or not.
Levels of Structure: • Primary • Secondary • Tertiary • Quaternary.
Primary Structure in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit not a nasty dirty wet hole filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell nor yet a dry bare sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat it was a hobbit hole and that means comfort
Secondary Structure Chapter One In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
Concept Check Questions Why does a denatured protein no longer function normally?
Concept Check Questions A genetic mutation may change a protein’s primary structure. Why does this destroy the protein’s function?
Concept Check Questions In a DNA double helix, one strand has the sequence: 5’-TAGGCCT-3’ List the sequence along the other strand, clearly indicating 3’ and 5’ ends of the strand. .