Today we covered enzymes and proteins. Homework for this week is to read the following website. Don't worry about clicking on the follow up links unless you're interested on your own. http://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/aminoacids/proteinstruct.html
Also, we saw a small video in class showing the different structural levels of protein. Here's that video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lijQ3a8yUYQ
Answer the following questions based on the lecture and the website information.
1. What is the basic pattern of atoms that you see when amino acids combine? For example c-c-o-n-c-n etc.
2. What is the method by which amino acids combine?
3. What types of bonds hold amino acid residues in their shapes?
4. What is meant by denaturation and what can cause that?
5. Why is it important that proteins hold specific shapes?
6. What is a fibrous protein?
7. What is a globular protein?
8. What two functional groups are on an amino acid?
9. How many amino acids are there?
10. Describe the differences between the 4 different structural levels of proteins.
11. What are the 5 different subcategories of proteins? Give an example of each one and what it does.
12. What are 4 things that enzymes do?
13. What is meant by "Lock and Key" when it comes to enzymes?
14. What is meant by the active site when it comes to enzymes?
15. What is meant by the substrate?
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