1)What are amino acids? Amino group, carboxyl end, what is the
side chain of an amino acid?
2)What are essential and non-essential amino acid.
3)Which are the essential amino acids?
4)Classify the amino acids based on polarity of the R group:
How
does an amino acid side chain hydrogen bond with RNA?
Which residues are most likely to hydrogen bond?
Which residues are most likely to be in the hydrophobic
core?
Which of the following amino acids pairs would form the
described hydrogen bond at pH 7? Explain your answer?
A. His Asp
B. Tyr His
C. Ser Arg
D. Glu Thr
A certain protein has a molecular weight of 250 kD. What is the
approximate number of amino acids residues?
A. 2
B. 750
C. 1200
D. 2300
E. 27500
Two of the facts which differentiate lipids and carbohydrates
from amino acids are that, amino acids can neither be stored nor
excreted.
true
false
A baby got sick a few weeks after birth and test results show
that the baby had higher than normal levels of the amino acid
phenylalanine. Which of the following best describes the baby's
probable diagnosis?
The baby has maple syrup disease
The baby has PKU
More lab test are needed to confirm the cause malady...
10.During protein degradation, a polypeptide chain is
broken down into individual amino acids. Which of the following is
false about this process?
a.It is an exergonic reaction.
b.The products have lower disorder than the reactants.
C.The products have lower free energy than the reactants
D.It is a catabolic process.
E.It is catalyzed by enzymes.
12.You quantitatively determine that an enzyme-catalyzed
reaction has a ΔG of -8 kcal/mol. If you half the amount of enzyme
in the reaction, what will be...
Which of the following amino acids exists predominantly as a
zwitterion? The terminal amino group, terminal carboxyl group, and
side chain pKa values can be found in Table 3.1 (Any pKa
table).
A.
leucine at pH = 10
B.
histidine at pH = 5
C.
glutamic acid at pH = 3.5
D.
tyrosine at pH = 11.5
E.
lysine at pH = 7
Which phenomenon related to protein structure involves
nonpolar side chains of multiple amino acids?
A. Hydrophobic interactions
B. Hydrogen bonds
C. Covalent bonds
D. Disulfide bonds
E. Peptide bonds
2. Describe the mechanism by which muscle tissue uses
branched-chain amino acids as fuel and passes the nitrogen from
these amino acids to liver tissue to be converted to urea.
Please offer detailed explanations. Thank you.
11.Which of the following sequences of amino acids is the most
likely to be located on the exterior of a water soluble globular
protein?
a.
Arg-Ser-Gln-Pro-His
b.
Met-Phe-Ile-Leu-Ala
c.
Val-Leu-Ser-Ala-Val
d.
Met-Val-Cys-Leu-Gln
QUESTION 12
1. Which pair of amino acid side chains
might form a London dispersion force type of van der Waals
interaction in a globular protein?
a.
His and Ser
b.
Ala and Gln
c.
His and Met
d.
Val and Met
QUESTION 13
1. The β-hairpin consists...