Microbiology - Amino Acid descriptions and structure

Biochemistry II

Dehydration Synthesis structure

A single cell can make

150,000 antibodies per second

Are antibodies proteins?

YES

Polypeptide

Amino acids connected by peptide bonds

What are the regulators of all physiology

protein!

DNA needs what to work

amino acids (aka protein)

1 Description of protein

Sequence of AA

2 Description of protein

Alpha Helix (α) and Beta pleated sheet (β)

3 description of protein

Filamentous,Globuler

4 description of protein

More than one amino acid chain

We find normality in strucures in order to discover

the abnormality

Abnormally formed protein is called what

Prion

Spongiform Encephalopathy

Prion disease → brain damage/death

Name a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy disease

Mad cow disease

Jakob Creutz Feldt disease

Brain disorder leads to dementia; prion disease

Why can’t prion disease be killed by sterilization

These ARE NOT life forms, these are proteins!

Sterilization kills endospores

TRUE

What is most fundamental protein in body

collagen

What do enzymes do

Cause reactions/help w/digestion (neutralize curve)