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    Protein Monique Rowland Nutrition / 241 Instructor: AN-CHIAN CHEN October 4‚ 2013 Protein All proteins are molecules that are the boosters of living organisms and are part of each organ‚ tissue‚ and cell within the human body. The protein in consumed food turns into amino acid. The amino acid is used later replinish the proteins used. Proteins have two structures. the first and primary structure of protein is the sequence of the amino acid in the protein (Kim‚ 2005). The amino acid

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    Protein Synthesis

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    Protein synthesis is one of the most fundamental biological processes. To start off‚ a protein is made in a ribosome. There are many cellular mechanisms involved with protein synthesis. Before the process of protein synthesis can be described‚ a person must know what proteins are made out of. There are four basic levels of protein organization. The first is primary structure‚ followed by secondary structure‚ then tertiary structure‚ and the last level is quaternary structure. Once someone understands

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    Denaturation of Proteins

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    Denaturation of proteins involves the disruption and possible destruction of both the secondary and tertiary structures. Since denaturation reactions are not strong enough to break the peptide bonds‚ the primary structure (sequence of amino acids) remains the same after a denaturation process. Denaturation disrupts the normal alpha-helix and beta sheets in a protein and uncoils it into a random shape. Denaturation occurs because the bonding interactions responsible for the secondary structure (hydrogen

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    humans. Studies investigating how environmental factors impact the genetics of an individual’s offspring are difficult to design. However‚ in certain parts of the world in which social systems are highly centralized‚ environmental information that might have influenced families can be obtained. For example‚ Swedish scientists recently conducted investigations examining whether nutrition affected the death rate associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes and whether these effects were passed

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    Protein Metabolism

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    Proteins play an important role in the human body. The DNA molecule controls the synthesis of proteins. The DNA contains genes which are sequences of nucleotides and bases. Proteins are used for growth and repair. Proteins are made up of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. Firstly ’amino acid synthesis ’ is the set of biochemical processes by which the various amino acids are produced from other compounds. The substrates for these processes are various compounds in the organism ’s diet

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    17.1 Protein Essay

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    17.1 Genes specify proteins via transcription and translation * George Beadle and Edward Tatum worked together with mutated (Neurospora crass) bread mold to figure out that they were missing a specific enzyme (gene) that catalyzed and synthesized a pathway required. They concluded that they were missing that enzyme because it was lacking the amino acid that coded for the enzyme‚ thus was mutated and incapable of growing. Led to the one enzyme-one gene hypothesis. The Products of Gene Expression:

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    Protein Biochemistry

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    Lab 2: Internet Resources for Protein Biochemistry Part 1-1: A) Protein Accession Number = P00939 Name of Protein:  Full Name = Triosephosphate isomerase; Short Name=TIM Organism where the protein is found: Oryctolagus cuniculus = Rabbit Nuber of amino acids in the protein: AA = 248 B) * Amino Acid Sequence: >gi|136066|sp|P00939.1|TPIS_RABIT RecName: Full=Triosephosphate isomerase; Short=TIM;

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    Protein Biosynthesis

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    Protein biosynthesis is the process by which biological cells generate new proteins; it is balanced by the loss of cellular proteins via degradation or export. Translation‚ the assembly of proteins by ribosomes‚ is an essential part of the biosynthetic pathway‚ along with generation of messenger RNA (mRNA)‚ aminoacylation of transfer RNA (tRNA)‚ co-translational transport‚ and post-translational modification. Protein biosynthesis is strictly regulated at multiple steps‚ and error-checking mechanisms

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    experiment was to compare how side chains alter the ionizability of our three amino acids: alanine‚ aspartic acid‚ and cysteine. More specifically‚ we wanted to observe how a thiol group and a carboxyl group affected the ionizability of the rest of the amino acid. Because alanine contains a single methyl group on its side chain‚ we can easily compare the functional groups of aspartic acid and cysteine to it because both aspartic acid and cysteine start their side chains with a methylene group and then go

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    protein lab

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    BIOL 2365 Comparative Biochemistry TITLE: Proteins and Amino Acids RESULTS: Table 1: The results of experiment 1; the Lowry Test Volume of Standard Protein/ Unknown (mL) Absorbance at 750 nm 0 0.000 0.1 0.017 0.3 0.135 0.3 0.155 0.5 0.230 0.7 0.323 0.7 0.310 1.0 0.457 1.0 Unknown 1a 0.463 1.0 Unknown 1b 0.433 1.0 Unknown 2a 0.237 1.0 Unknown 2b 0.159 Table 2: The results of Experiment 2; Ninhydrin Test Amino acid Color X Bright yellow Y Dark yellow

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