What do polymerases do?
Make polymers
What are reactions that make polymers called?
Polymerization
What do dehydration synthesis/polymerization/condensation rxns do?
Make polymers by removing H2O molecule
Hydrolysis
Splitting 2 molecules by adding H2O
Backbone of an amino acid
H2N, COOH, H
What part of an amino acid is linked in dehydration synthesis of a protein?
OH
Where are proteins added?
Right side (C terminus)
Primary structure
AA sequence
Secondary structure
Backbone atom interactions (Alpha helixes/beta sheets), not R group
Tertiary structure
R group interactions
What types of R group interactions are there?
NP/Np, P/P, Acid base (which is a p/p variant)
What type of structure does folding happen at?
Tertiary- with hydrophobic inside
Is hydrophobic polar or np?
Np
Glutamic acid=
Glutamate
Quaternary
R group with multiple polypeptides
Functions of proteins…
Enzymes, receptors, channels, porters, intra/extra cell transport, structures (microtub, microfil, IF), antibody, hormone, signalling molecule
