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Protein Structure Flashcards

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What is the 3D structure of Proteins

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  1. Determined by amino acid sequence
  2. determines function of protein
  3. unique for each protein
  4. maintained by non-covalent interactions
  5. Has several recurring motifs
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What are the 4 levels of protein architecture

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  1. Primary: Amino acid sequence + disulfide bond
  2. Secondary: Regular recurring arrangements of adjacent amino acids.
  3. Arrangements of the total protein, the complete 3D structure
  4. Arrangement of multiple protein subunits
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The primary structure can be derived from ____sequence

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gene

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The primary structure includes _____ and ____bonds

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peptide; disulfide

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The primary structure can give important clues to probable _____

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protein function

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Contigous regions of a protein with a distinct function or structure is called a

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domain

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Peptide bonds and disulfide bonds are both ____bonds

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covalent

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Peptide bonds are ____and ____

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planar; rigid

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What includes the secondary structure

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  1. alpha helix
  2. beta sheet
  3. beta turn
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What do alpha helices consist of

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  1. Peptide bonds align along long axis
  2. R groups stick out of sides
  3. each turn -3.6 aa
  4. every 3-4 aa in close proximity and stabilize through H bonding
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What are alpha helix destabilizers

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  1. String of several basic or acidic aa’s
  2. String of several aa with bulky side groups
  3. aa 3-4 residues apart which cannot interact
  4. Proline residues (“helix breakers”)
  5. String of glycine residues
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What are the characteristics of beta pleated sheets

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  1. Extended arrangement of polypeptides
  2. H bonds hold adjacent chains together
  3. Chains may be arranged in parallel or anti parallel fashion.
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What are characteristics of Beta turn

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Contain proline in the cis conformation; requires proline isomerase to convert it

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What are characteristics of tertiary structure

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  1. 3D arrangement

2. Brings distant regions into close proximity

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What are the two major groups of tertiary structure

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  1. Globular

2. Fibrous

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What are fibrous proteins

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  1. Primarily water insoluble
  2. Structural proteins
  3. Simple arrangement
  4. Usually long chains or sheets
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What do fibrous proteins consist of

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Alpha and beta keratin

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What are fibrous proteins found in

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Hair, nails, feathers

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What are characteristics of fibrous proteins

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  1. Classic, right handed a helix
  2. Many hydrophobic aa
  3. 2 stranded superhelix= protofilament
  4. Crosslinks via disulfide links
  5. Permanent wave solution breaks, reforms disulfide bonds
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How many types of keratin are found in the skin

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What are cytokeratins

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components of the intermediate filaments of the cytoskeleton

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What are the characteristics of globular proteins

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  1. All other proteins
  2. Most enzymes and protein hormones
  3. Secondary structure is more complex
  4. Multiple arrangements of folding into a “spherical” shape
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How do water molecules arrange themselves

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in an orderly manner to form “cages” around hydrophobic groups

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____groups tend to be sequestered internally.

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____regions interact with water.
Hydrophilic
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What are the tertiary structure bond types
1. H bonds: an EN atom (usually O or N) acts as a H acceptor 2. Ionic bonds: Attraction bet oppositely charged atoms 3. Hydrophobic interactions 4. Van der Waals: Weak attractions resulting from transient dipole formation.
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What is the tertiary structure folding
Proteins dont fold randomly. Most proteins use chaperone proteins to assist in folding
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What are the most famous chaperone proteins
Heat shock proteins
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What does Iatrogenic refer to
of or relating to illness caused by medical exam or treatment
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What are prion diseases caused by
improper folding of Prp protein
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What is Mad Cow Disease
Bovine spongiform Encephalitis
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What is Scrapie
Spongiform encephalitis found in sheep
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What is Kuru
human spongiform disease limited to Fore tribe of New Guinea
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What is Creuzfeldt-Jacob
sporadic, hereditary, acquired
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What is cystic fibrosis
Caused by defective protein folding -chloride channel protein (CFTR) is missing a single amino acid (Phe- 508) due to a triplet deletion in the coding sequence of the gene.
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What are the characteristics of quaternary structure
Only found in proteins with more than 1 protein subunit
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What are some proteins with quaternary structure
1. pyruvate dehydrogenase 2. ribosomes 3. RNA polymerase
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What is the best way to study proteins?
X-ray crystallography
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What is protein denaturation
Disrupts weak interactions; destabilizes the structure and becomes less thermodynamically stable
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Protein denaturation does NOT disrupt ____bonds
covalent (peptide and disulfide)
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What are some protein denaturants
1. heat 2. pH extremes 3. detergents 4. organic solvents (alcohol, acetone, urea)
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What is protein hydrolysis
Disruption of primary structure by hydrolysis to single aa by boiling in strong acid or base
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What are proteases enzymatically?
enzymes that cleave proteins at specific dipeptide sites
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T/F denatured proteins can be renatured
True
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AA's critical for proper folding are _____ which means that mutations in codons for these aa are very deleterious (harmful_
invariant
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Urea ____proteins
denatures
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BME ____disulfide bonds
reduces
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Primary structure dictates ____structure
tertiary
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What two 3D protein structures are important in the progression of Eale's Disease and are current targets for drug design
retinal s antigen and interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein
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