chapter 5 overview Flashcards

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Why Proteins Matter

proteins are the most _________ biomoleculwes in biology

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versatile

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Why Proteins Matter

proteins acts as:

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catalysts, structural scaffolds, transporters, signal receptors, motors, and regulators.

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Why Proteins Matter

Diversity of shapes

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From rigid collagen fibers to flexible signaling proteins.

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Why Proteins Matte

specificty

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proteins recognize subsrates

dna sequences

and other bio9molecules with great accuracay

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5
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Why Proteins Matter

catalytic power

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nearly all biochemical rxns need enzymes (proteins)

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Why Proteins Matter

Dynamic capacity

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proteins undergo conformational changes that allow motion signaling and regulation

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```______ are the workhorses of bilogy

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proteins

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proteins are

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polymers of 20 amino acids each with uniquie sidee chains (r groups) that dictate structure andf functioon.

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what dictates a protyeins structure and function

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their uniquie side chains (R groups)

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10
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Proteins are polymers of of how many amino acids

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20 standard amino acids

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