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PROTEINS
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PROTEINS
Have multiple functions:
Antibodies (part of immune system)
Enzymes (biological catalysts)
Transport of materials
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TRANSPORT OF MATERIALS
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M.Bregar (Dante C.S.S.)
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AMINO ACID STRUCTURE
Contain the elements, C, H, O & Nitrogen
Basic Structure
3 parts: amino group, carboxyl group, R-group
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PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
(MAKING PROTEIN)
Amino Acids are linked to make polypeptides
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PROTEIN STRUCTURE
Rule: “Structure = Function”
Physical structure of a protein determines how it works
2. Secondary
(helix)
3. Tertiary
(secondary structure folds)
4. Quaternary
(two or more polypeptide chains)
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M.Bregar (Dante C.S.S.)
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ENZYMES
M.Bregar (Dante C.S.S.)
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PROTEIN STRUCTURE
M.Bregar (Dante C.S.S.)
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PROTEIN STRUCTURE
DENATURATION
Coagulation is “permanent”
denaturation
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M.Bregar (Dante C.S.S.)
PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
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PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
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TRANSCRIPTION
RNA Polymerase unwinds DNA
Process begins at promoter region
RNA by complimenting bases of DNA
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M.Bregar (Dante C.S.S.)
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MESSENGER RNA
TRANSLATION
The process in which the
mRNA is read and a
protein is made
Messenger RNA is
read by ribosome
Amino acids
eventually form a
peptide
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M.Bregar (Dante C.S.S.)
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TRANSLATION
PROTEIN SYNTHESIS – THE ENTIRE
PROCESS