MBIOS303
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- Allosteric Protein
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protein whoe functional site can be altered by the binding of a small molecule at a non-overlapping site.
this latter site = allosteric site. - Cofactor
- small molecule required for the biological activity of a protein.
- Prosthetic group
- a cofactor lightly bound to the protein.
- denaturation
- disruption of conformation without breaking peptide bonds.
- denaturation agents
- heat, acid or base, alcohol.
- motif
- grouping of 2 structural elements that occurs in many unrelated globular proteins.
- domain
- structurally independent polypeptide units that have many of the characteristics of globular proteins.
- amino acides as a function of hydrophobicity-hydrophobic
- F,I,L,M,V
- amino acids as a function of hydrophobicity-hydrophilic
- D,R,K,E,N,H,Q
- one of the main roles of the proximal histidine residue at the binding site of hemoglobin is to -
- bind to Fe directly.
- what is special about the properties of proline that affect the conformation of proteins?
- since it is a secondary amino acid with a ring structure, there is no rotation about the bond between the alpha-C and the N. thus it does not fit into an alpha-helical structure.
- what is special about the properties of glycine such that it is always found in the B6(the sixth amino acid in the B helix) position in hemoglobin and myoglobin?
- it has the smallest possible side group so the B and E helices can pass by close to one another.
- which amino acid residue is generally not found in an alpha-helix?
- Pro
- which amino acid residue bonds directly to the iron atom in myoglobin?
- His
- which amino acid residue in hemoglobin binds directly to 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (BPG)?
- Lys or His