7.01SC | Fall 2011 | Undergraduate

Fundamentals of Biology

Biochemistry

Proteins, Levels of Structure, Non-Covalent Forces

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Session Overview

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This session will introduce the general composition, structure, and function of proteins. The relationship between structure and function of a protein will be emphasized.

Learning Objectives

  • To understand the general composition of a protein.
  • To draw a generic amino acid and categorize each of the 20 amino acids appropriately based upon the nature of the side chain.
  • To understand primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary levels of protein structure and know what types of bonds and forces stabilize each level.
  • To understand the effect of an amino acid substitution on the general structure and function of a protein.

Session Activities

Lecture Video

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Check Yourself

Question 1

How many different functional groups are attached to the alpha carbon of an amino acid?

Question 2

A polypeptide chain is polymerized in which direction?

Question 3

Which of the following can be described as “a localized region of three dimensional structure that is stabilized by hydrogen bonds formed between the amine of one amino acid and the carboxyl of another amino acid”?

Session Activities

Lecture Video

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Structures of the 20 amino acids (PDF)

Question 1

The amino acids leucine, valine, and phenylalanine would best be described as…

Question 2

The side chain of serine can form a hydrogen bond with the side chain of which of the following amino acids? Choose all that apply. 1. isoleucine 2. alanine 3. threonine 4. asparigine 5. proline

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