One aspect of nutrition that is vital is protein. Protein is one of four major building materials in the human body. Proteins are composed of carbon with Hydrogen‚ Oxygen‚ and Nitrogen attached. Some proteins also have Sulfur‚ Phosphorus‚ and Iron. Proteins are made up of sub-units called amino acids‚ of which there are twenty. These are just the basics of what proteins are composed of. Amino acids‚ which are the sub-units of Proteins‚ can be divided into two groups. Eleven of the twenty amino
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KATE FITZPATRICK YEAR TWELVE BIOLOGY TERM ONE _(www.happycow.net)_ "TO TEST THE EFFECTS OF ANTACIDS ON PEPSIN’S ABILITY TO DIGEST PROTEIN." _CONTENTS_ 1.0 Abstract Pg 2.0 Introduction · 2.1 Aim · 2.2 Background Information · 2.3 Hypothesis PG · Pg · Pg · pg 3.0 MATERIALS · 3.1 Equipment · 3.2 Chemicals PG · Pg · Pg 4.0 METHOD · 4.1 Variables · 4.2 Procedure PG · Pg · Pg 5.0 RESULTS · 5.1 Sample calculation · 5.2 Tables · 5.3 Graphs · 5.4 Photos PG · Pg · Pg · Pg
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starch/ proteins/ reducing sugar/disaccharide out of 4 given samples A‚ B‚ C and D. Research Question: Out of the four given samples which sample consists of protein/ starch/reducing sugar/ disaccharide? What color changes will help to identify the contents of each sample when treated with iodine‚ biuret agent and benedicts solution? Theory and background information: What is a protein?1 Proteins are macromolecules‚ consisting of one or more chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform
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purification of proteins What are proteins? Proteins are the main building blocks of life. They are essential for the body and have many different roles . Proteins are made from sequence of amino acids. Protein structure is determined by their sequence of amino acids‚ which are linked by peptide link. Proteins are made from about 50 to 2000 amino acid residues. Figure 1 Why purify proteins? They are many reasons why a biochemist might want to purify a protein. For example to
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Why should we care about proteins? • Proteins perform structural and functional roles in the body • Your body uses them‚ to build and repair tissue. It is an important building block of bones‚ muscles‚ cartilage‚ skin‚ and blood. • Proteins are a major key in making hormones like insulin • Albumin‚ which is a protein made by the liver acts like the bloods 24-hour service that attaches to and transports fatty acids‚ calcium‚ and other substances through the circulatory system to cells throughout the
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highly pigmented protein that imparts the characteristic color to certain blue-green algae. It also facilitates a reaction necessary to the survival of this species; we can follow the kinetics of this reaction by measuring the conversion of Substance X to Substance Y at various times during purification.” Techniques and methodologies for extracting the proteins and purifying Enzyme X are as follows: The blue-green tinted proteins in Enzyme X give a distinct color to algae. The proteins are contained
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In our experiment‚ we will be testing three different proteins to see if they denature at the same temperature. A protein is a molecule containing amino acids created in ribosomes that have many functions‚ including being an enzyme and transporter‚ structuring‚ translating genetic information‚ and serving as a channel for charged molecules to pass through the cell membrane. As a molecule‚ a protein is shaped like a coil (Food Science Basics 2014). Denaturation is when a protein’s shape changes due
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What Is Muscle Milk Smoothie Protein Shake ? Muscle Milk Smoothie Protein Shakes are one of the newest creations from CytoSport‚ Inc.‚ a company which has been offering nutrition supplements to sports enthusiasts‚ professional athletes‚ training facilities‚ sports teams and schools since 1998. Muscle Milk Smoothie Protein Shakes use Greek yogurt to pack a powerful protein punch into each of these smoothie drinks that are perfect when you don’t have time for breakfast‚ need fuel for your workout‚
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Winny Stephanie Experiment 1: Quantitative Determination of Protein Concentration Using the Biuret Test Table 1: Experimental protocol for construction of the protein standard curve Tube 1 2 3 4 5 6 Buffer (ml) 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 BSA Protein solution (10 mg ml-1) (ml) 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Biuret reagent (ml) 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 Total Volume (ml) 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 Final protein concentration (mg ml-1) 0 2 4 6 8 10 Absorbance 0.000 0.092 0.163 0.272 0.363 0.474 Table
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agrin-like protein (AGRINL) and EGF-like‚ fibronectin type-III and laminin G-like domain-containing protein (EGFLAM)‚ is a fibrous protein that in humans is encoded by the EGFLAM gene. Pikachurin is a dystroglycan-interacting protein which has an essential role in the precise interactions between the photoreceptor ribbon synapse and the bipolar dendrites. The binding with dystroglycan (DG) depends on several factors (glycosylation of DG‚ presence of divalent cations‚ presence of other proteins). A non-correct
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