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| Amino acids contain which 6 elements? |
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| Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur. |
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| The 4 "parts" of the structure of an amino acid are... |
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| Hydrogen, amino, carboxyl, and the R-group. |
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| The only part of the amino acid that changes is the... |
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| Sulfur is only found in which part of an amino acid? |
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| A peptide bond forms when... |
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| Dehydration synthesis occurs between two amino acids. |
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| When dehydration synthesis occurs resulting in 2 amino acids bonding, it becomes a... |
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| NCC NCC NCC is a pattern to help you decide if you are looking at a... |
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| A straight line of protein structures is called... |
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| A protein structure that contains either spirals/helixes or kinks is the... |
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| When a spiral/helix or kink shaped protein structure folds onto itself... this is called what? |
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| When 2 or more polypeptide chains form a functional protein, it is called... |
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| The quartenary structure. |
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| Tertiary structures cause 3 things to occur... |
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| Ionic bonds, disulfide bridges, hydrogen bonding. |
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| The two types of proteins are... (include 2 examples of each) |
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| Structural (hair and muscle) and metabolic (myoglobin and enzymes). |
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| If you put a protein in a non-optimal pH, why doesn't it work? |
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| The hydrogen bonds have been changed and the structure has unravelled itself back to a primary structure state. |
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