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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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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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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CHEM120 Week 7 iLab: DNA‚ mRNA‚ and Protein (30 points) Name: Kaylee Klefman Complete the two questions below. Each question has four parts. This assignment is two pages long. Question 1: For the following double-stranded DNA sequence‚ -CATTGACCGTAA- -GTAACTGGCATT- Answer the following questions: a) Assume that RNA polymerase will read the top strand of DNA as the “template” to synthesize mRNA. What will be the sequence of the mRNA synthesized? (3 points) The new mrna
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All cells have the same basic structure (see figure 1) however some cells are specialised to suit a specific purpose. An example of this is the pancreatic beta cells found in the islets of Langerhans. These cells are specialised to synthesise the protein insulin that is involved in the metabolism of glucose in the cells. (Layden‚ 2010) Figure 1 - Picture to show basic structure of a cell. (Farrabee‚ M J. 2007) But how is insulin made? The production of insulin starts in the nucleus which is the
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Experiment 2: Food Tests Objective * To study the presence of reducing sugars. * To study the presence of protein. Introduction In this experiment‚ glucose‚ maltose‚ lactose and sucrose are used for testing reducing and non-reducing sugars. Glucose is monosaccharide while maltose‚ lactose and sucrose are disaccharides of carbohydrates. Monosaccharaides are the monomers which make up all other carbohydrates and cannot be broken into smaller molecules by hydrolysis. Disaccharides are
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Fish phylogenetic tree based on protein size Amanda Reed Lab partners: Lecia Redwine‚ Kyle Hatcher TA: Baneshwar Singh Biology 117‚ Section 25 Tuesday 10:30 AM Introduction Although tree diagrams have been used since the days of Charles Darwin‚ biologists have only recently adopted the tree model of evolution to read and interpret phylogenies. One of the reasons for this is the confusion that often arises from using a tree model to describe a phylogeny (Baum‚ 2008a). Many people interpret
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Estimation of protein concentration Introduction Protein assays are designed to measure the total protein in a solution. Protein assays are quantitative if the protein to be assayed is available in sufficient quantity such that one is able to use it to create a standard curve. If this cannot be achieved‚ then a standard protein‚ such as albumin‚ may be used for a standard curve with the understanding that the results on the unknown protein are semi-quantitative. Since most proteins are not available
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Analysis of protein post-translational modifications using DIGE-based proteomics Robert M. DeKroon‚ Jennifer B. Robinette‚ Cristina Osorio‚ Sun Yong Jeong‚ Eric Hamlett‚ Mihaela Mocanu and Oscar Alzate Summary Difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE) is most often used to assess relative changes in the expression levels of individual proteins in multiple complex samples‚ and this information is valuable in making inferences about relative protein activity. However‚ a protein‟s activity is not
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The Spectrophotometer Determination Of Protein Concentrations And The Effects Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate And Triton X-100 Have On Protein Concentration. INTRODUCTION Spectroscopy is used as a collective term for all the analytical techniques based on the interaction of light and matter. Spectrophotometry is one of the branches of spectroscopy where we measure the absorption of light by molecules that are in a gas or vapour state or dissolved molecules/ions (Tombs‚ et.al‚ 1959). Spectroscopy is the
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